SUMMARY The changes for Bug 420928 introduced LC_PAGE into the System Settings: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/commit/73bfdcff3d7d16e648aaf9ea7630a3967376412e https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/commit/c7c2a3a85e5b7f74dcb2eadc35defe9e4b55c737 * they talk about paper size, not page size * seem to read from LC_PAPER environment variable? (maybe I didn't understand the code correctly) * write LC_PAGE to ./config/plasma-localerc instead of LC_PAPER When I login to the desktop, open a console and execute "locale" I get LC_PAPER set to the default specified by LANG, instead of the KDE setting. System Settings should either write LC_PAPER or write LC_PAPER & LC_PAGE into the configuration file. But as far as I can tell LC_PAGE is *not* an official locale category and should be dropped. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. open System Settings 2. select a paper size different from the locale default (I selected "Suomi", i.e. paper size from finnish locale) 3. log out and in again 4. open konsole 5. run "locale" command OBSERVED RESULT # before change: $ cat .config/plasma-localerc [Formats] LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_ADDRESS=fi_FI.UTF-8 LC_MEASUREMENT=fi_FI.UTF-8 LC_MONETARY=fi_FI.UTF-8 LC_NAME=fi_FI.UTF-8 LC_TELEPHONE=fi_FI.UTF-8 LC_TIME=en_GB.UTF-8 # after change $ cat .config/plasma-localerc [Formats] LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_ADDRESS=fi_FI.UTF-8 LC_MEASUREMENT=fi_FI.UTF-8 LC_MONETARY=fi_FI.UTF-8 LC_NAME=fi_FI.UTF-8 LC_PAGE=fi_FI.UTF-8 LC_TELEPHONE=fi_FI.UTF-8 LC_TIME=en_GB.UTF-8 $ locale LANG="en_US.UTF-8" .... LC_PAPER="en-US.UTF-8" EXPECTED RESULT $ locale LANG="en_US.UTF-8" ... LC_PAPER="fi_FI.UTF-8" SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora Linux 37 KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.2 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.103.0 Qt Version: 5.15.8
Maybe further evidence that LC_PAGE is not the correct variable: $ LC_PAGE= LC_PAPER= libreoffice -> print dialog shows "letter" as paper size (CORRECT for LANG=es_US.UTF-8) $ LC_PAGE=fi_FI.UTF-8 LC_PAPER= libreoffice -> print dialog shows "letter" as paper size (WRONG) $ LC_PAGE= LC_PAPER=fi_FI.UTF-8 libreoffice -> print dialog shows "A4" as paper size (CORRECT)
Whoops! It should indeed. Good catch.
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/2740
Git commit 7b7e70b2262285dbfc294cc6617f4c0787a61d5c by Nate Graham. Committed on 13/03/2023 at 22:28. Pushed by hanyoung into branch 'master'. kcms/region_language: set LC_PAPER, not LC_PAGE The correct name of this environment variable/format is "LC_PAPER." We look for it by the correct name in kcmregionandlang.cpp, but not in regionandlangsettingsbase.kcfg, causing a mismatch. Related: bug 466861 FIXED-IN: 5.27.3 M +1 -1 kcms/region_language/regionandlangsettingsbase.kcfg https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/commit/7b7e70b2262285dbfc294cc6617f4c0787a61d5c
Git commit 27de75798ee19fc1629c99cc13ee08754e0c47bd by Han Young, on behalf of Nate Graham. Committed on 13/03/2023 at 23:24. Pushed by hanyoung into branch 'Plasma/5.27'. kcms/region_language: set LC_PAPER, not LC_PAGE The correct name of this environment variable/format is "LC_PAPER." We look for it by the correct name in kcmregionandlang.cpp, but not in regionandlangsettingsbase.kcfg, causing a mismatch. Related: bug 466861 FIXED-IN: 5.27.3 (cherry picked from commit 7b7e70b2262285dbfc294cc6617f4c0787a61d5c) M +1 -1 kcms/region_language/regionandlangsettingsbase.kcfg https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/commit/27de75798ee19fc1629c99cc13ee08754e0c47bd