Re: Please do not use en_US.UTF-8 outside the US

On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 02:27:27PM +0200, Lars Engebretsen wrote:
> Yann Dirson <ydirson@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > The problem here is satisfying users, not programs. Papersize is a
> > setting that is specific to available printers, not to any locale
> > one may use.
> 
> What should the default paper size be in an application that
> creates PDF documents?

Maybe both /etc/papersize and LC_PAPER have use.  But their field of
application has to be clearly defined for programmers to do the right
thing...


> Or, for another example: What if one has both a letter tray and an A4
> tray in the available printer?

Not sure.  One is probably "default printer" anyway.

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