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generating non-utf8 locales

Asked by Alan Tam

I need to override LANG before running rhythmbox to force gstreamer to use a correct locale to decode the id3v1tags. [1] Nowadays we can no longer run "dpkg-reconfigure locales" to select our own locales. So how can I add a locale, e.g. zh_HK.Big5? Thanks!

[1] http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97856#c32

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Simos Xenitellis  (simosx) said : 		#1

Simply add the locale name in
/etc/locale.gen

Available locale files are listed in
/usr/share/i18n/locales/

However, this is not the proper solution to the bug. The encoding should be changed through the application, like a list with priority encodings and a general dropdown menu that shows all available encodings.

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