The 03.06.15 at 14:35, Peter Evans wrote:
Yes, I forgot to mention that this system is Japanesified. (I didn't/don't want it to be Japanesified; all I want to be able to do is to enter Japanese as well as read it. I could do that perfectly well on my English-interface Win2k system [nostalgic sigh].)
Hmm, that's interesting: under the index entry "Areas and access assistance | Nations and languages" (again I translate from the Japanese), I see NO "country" and NO "language". Common sense [ha ha]
Then, either is trying to show help in Japanese, that might not exist, or is trying to show it in NO language, that doesn't exist either. It should default to English, I think. Interesting problem... you need the English help files, but Japanese input.
tells me that I should specify a country -- though as long as I use Universal Time, why should that matter? -- and a few languages . . . but
No, it is much more than time. Man pages (and help files) will be in that language, decimal points and monetary symbols will be set... many things change.
"common sense" hasn't got me very far with Linux, so I'm reluctant to experiment.
"Common sense" depends on the culture, the environment... and the OS ;-) -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson