how do I / Can I propagate language settings to all VMs?
trueriver
When installing, I set UK Engish and the keyboard works as expected in all VMs (no surprise as the hci i/o is done by dom0)
However, packages that would usually pick up locale info on a more traditional Linux all seem to think I am in the US.
I find I am having to tell libreoffice separately in eqach AppVM that I want British pounds and European format dates (so 2/5 is second May not Feb fifth)
Can I force all templates to pick up my locale and pass it on to any software that asks for it? If so, how?
Other questions
I wonder if this is worth a UX issue, to get the install locale propagated? What do people think?
Or a checkbox in create qubes VM to propagate dom0 locale?
I think it has to be optional, because there is a security advantage for some use-cases in masking the user's actual locale.
I realise now I could have run libreoffice in a single appVM, made the changes, then cloned that appVM. But now that I have got each appVM tweaked in other ways, I am reluctant to go back and do that. So is there some other way I can propagate the language/locale around my appVMs?
Finally, just to note that libreoffice is locked into thinking the user interface is English USA - this does not seem to cause problems (presumably because the AppVM is not using its user interface).