Simplified Chinese Solaris User's Guide

Using Aliases to Set the Locale

You can use aliases to change locales in a terminal window without typing long command lines or editing your .dtlogin file and running source every time.

How to Set Locale Aliases for the Korn Shell

  1. Put aliases such as the following in your .profile file.


    alias chn "export LANG=zh; /bin/stty cs8 -istrip defeucw"
    alias chn_GBK "export LANG=zh.GBK; /bin/stty cs8 -istrip \defeucw"
    alias asc "export LANG=C; /bin/stty cs7 istrip defeucw"
    alias chn "export LANG=zh; /bin/stty cs8 -istrip defeucw"

How to Set Locale Aliases for the C Shell

  1. Put aliases such as the following in your .cshrc file.


    alias chn_EUC "setenv LANG zh; /bin/stty cs8 -istrip defeucw"
    alias chn_GBK "setenv LANG zh.GBK; /bin/stty cs8 -istrip \defeucw"
    alias asc "setenv LANG C; /bin/stty cs7 istrip defeucw"
    alias chn_UTF-8 "setenv LANG=zh.UTF-8; /bin/stty cs8 -istrip defeucw"