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Bug 123447 - Add an option to let the calendar start on monday
Add an option to let the calendar start on monday
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 87977
Product: gnome-panel
Classification: Other
Component: clock
2.4.x
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Panel Maintainers
Panel Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2003-09-29 06:28 UTC by Bernd Wurst
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
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Description Bernd Wurst 2003-09-29 06:28:20 UTC
Wide parts of the world use monday as the first day in the week. As I can
see in the documantation of gtk.org, GtkCalendar can do so by setting up
the right variable. It would be nice if someone could add a preference for
this.
Comment 1 Vincent Untz 2003-09-29 23:18:37 UTC
This is a bug which is fixed in GTK+ HEAD (will be in GTK+ 2.4, and so
in GNOME 2.6).

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 87977 ***
Comment 2 Bart Martens 2004-02-17 18:57:29 UTC
I think it would be nice to have an option for the first day of week,
regardless of the locale. The locale can be used to set the default
value for that option.

This bug is also known here:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=80940
Comment 3 Vincent Untz 2004-02-18 09:02:30 UTC
Bart: why would we want this? I fail to see how it could be useful:
people are used to having only one config (the one of their locale).
Comment 4 Bart Martens 2004-02-18 18:29:31 UTC
Well, I like using software in english, not in dutch, while I still
want monday to be the first day of week. (I assume that setting the
locale for the first day of week, means using the language of that
locale... I hope that is correct?) Also, some companies prefer to use
software in english instead of one of multiple official language, for
example in Belgium, where french >< dutch is often a sensitive issue.
I like to compare setting the first day of week to setting the
keyboard layout. There is keyboard layout be-latin1, so it could be
set depending on the locale, but I can still choose for an other
layout. So I would say, making choices depending on the locale is good
for the defaults, but it's always good to have the option to choose
something else.
Comment 5 Mark McLoughlin 2004-02-18 19:15:48 UTC
So, setting LC_MESSAGES and LC_TIME individually would fix your
problem, right ?

i.e. set LC_MESSAGES to the language you want the apps to display and
LC_TIME to the locale whose time format you want to use ...
Comment 6 Bart Martens 2004-02-19 05:53:54 UTC
Mark, thanks for the hint. So the solution may be to add a preference
option on the clock applet preferences, or on the language config, to
set LC_TIME and LC_MESSAGES separately. I don't think this currently
exists, or have I overlooked something?
Comment 7 Mark McLoughlin 2004-02-19 07:14:26 UTC
Have you verified that this works?

What I'd suggest is that you log against gnome-control-center for a
locale settings capplet which would allow you to configure the
individual elements of your locale (if such a bug doesn't already exist)