Re: glibc-locales

[Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>]

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On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 08:40:27AM +0100, adriano wrote:
> Running Guix the package manager on Ubuntu 21.10 for the first time
> after some years
> 
> I installed glibc-locales according the the indications in
> "Applications Setup" in the manual
> 
> BUT
> 
> runnig Emacs in the terminal and then quitting it, I get
> 
> ~$ emacs
> 
> (process:55779): Gtk-WARNING **: 08:13:44.529: Locale not supported by
> C library.
> 	Using the fallback 'C' locale.
> Gtk-Message: 08:13:44.641: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
> Gtk-Message: 08:13:44.642: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
> 
> 
> We'll get to the canberra thing later
> 
> As for the C locale, what's wrong with that ?
> 
> Thanks

'C' isn't actually a locale in glibc but is something added by Debian.
You'll want to try one of the other locales while running programs from
Guix. You can set it with 'LOCALE=EN_US.UTF-8 emacs' and it'll only take
effect for that command.

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