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ixtab · 01-24-2012, 12:11 PM

Ha, much simpler alternative.

Code:

[root@kindle locale]# ls -la
drwxrwxr-x    3 root     root          1024 Jan 24 17:03 .
drwxr-xr-x   27 root     root         16384 Nov 10 09:25 ..
drwxr-xr-x    3 root     root          1024 Jan 24 17:02 en_US.utf8
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       8318256 Jan 24 17:02 locale-archive
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            26 Jan 24 17:03 th_TH.utf8 -> /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8

This is easy to implement (en_US.utf8 would go into locale-base), and will keep localization files small. And it works

Also don't forget that space on the device is rather limited. I don't like the idea of having > 1 MB of locale stuff which concerns only the console, per language.

UPDATE: Ah what the heck, I just did it. The very first post has been updated with a link to the new locales snapshot. NOTE: You have to install version 2 of the locale-base for these packages to work (also linked in first post).

If you're using some of the locales from the first snapshot today, make sure to uninstall them with the *old* uninstaller, then install the new version.

01-24-2012, 12:11 PM	#147
ixtab (offline) Posts: 2,907 Karma: 6736094 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: K3, K4, K5, KPW, KPW2	Ha, much simpler alternative. Code: [root@kindle locale]# ls -la drwxrwxr-x 3 root root 1024 Jan 24 17:03 . drwxr-xr-x 27 root root 16384 Nov 10 09:25 .. drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1024 Jan 24 17:02 en_US.utf8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8318256 Jan 24 17:02 locale-archive lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Jan 24 17:03 th_TH.utf8 -> /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8 This is easy to implement (en_US.utf8 would go into locale-base), and will keep localization files small. And it works Also don't forget that space on the device is rather limited. I don't like the idea of having > 1 MB of locale stuff which concerns only the console, per language. UPDATE: Ah what the heck, I just did it. The very first post has been updated with a link to the new locales snapshot. NOTE: You have to install version 2 of the locale-base for these packages to work (also linked in first post). If you're using some of the locales from the first snapshot today, make sure to uninstall them with the old uninstaller, then install the new version. Last edited by ixtab; 01-24-2012 at 01:17 PM.