[Pkg-lyx-devel] Bug#274100: [lyx-qt] Please apply workaround to enable math symbol display in russian locale

[Rob Weir]

On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 11:45:46PM +0400, Nikita V. Youshchenko said
> As stated in /usr/share/doc/latex-xft-fonts/README, Qt can't use those
> fonts when running in russian locale (and also some other locales)
> because of a bug that trolltech refuses to fix.

Do you have any more information on this bug and why they refuse to fix
it?

> However, a workaround exists. If LC_TIME locale component is reset to C,
> this alters Qt's font selection magic, and enables Qt to load the fonts.

Erk...this is a fairly gross solution, though I can't say I can think of
anything better.

> Please make this how lyx-qt provided by package behaves by default if it
> is started in russian locale (and probably other affected locales).
> This may be done by providing a wrapper script, or by adding several
> calls to the code.

Hrm, will Russian/etc users get confused by LyX displaying times in US
format while everything else is Russian?  Does LyX even use LC_TIME for
anything (via glibc)?

-rob

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