Fedora-17 Irritations

[Peter Hillier-Brook]

On 23/04/12 15:19, Ed Greshko wrote:
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> Of course the OP is only asking for one change to satisfy himself.
> He isn't asking what you've suggested.  And, he hasn't suggested that
> a bugzilla or RFE needs filing to change the current behavior.
>
> So, how about focusing on what he wants for himself?

Thanks, Ed.
>
> I believe what he wants is a locale where LC_MESSAGES= gives a
> variable that results in imperial measurements being defined.  If
> that isn't what he wants/needs I would hope he would tell us.
>
> He was given 2 avenues which are thought to accomplish what he wants.
> Personally, I prefer the $HOME/.i18n route.
>
> The one method he tried seemed not to work....but he didn't supply
> more details as to why he thinks it didn't work.

Sorry for not responding more quickly. :-)
I'm time sharing between a wife in Intensive Care in the nearby 
hospital, a needy dog that doesn't understand that her walker is away 
and trying to make sense of Fedora and GNOME!

I shall try the .i18n suggestion later today. In the absence of an 
intelligent option for the system user, I don't accept that non-English 
personnel should seek to impose an alien, simplistic numbering system on 
such as myself. However I could stick with Ubuntu, despite Unity. :-)

Peter HB