en_NL Locale for macOS

Custom locale en_NL for macOS that combines English and Dutch locale settings (e.g., euros and year-month-date formatting). Inspired by PanderMusubi's locale-en-nl.

Table of Contents

• File Structure
• Installation
  • Notes

File Structure

├── en_NL.UTF-8         # Custom locale files combining en_US and nl_NL
├── reference_files     # Original macOS en_US and nl_NL files for reference
├── copy_locales.sh     # Script to copy original locale files to the working directory
├── en_NL.glibc         # Pseudo-glibc description of custom locale
└── README.md

Installation

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/locale-en-nl-macos.git
   cd locale-en-nl-macos

2. Create a custom locale directory:

   mkdir -p ~/.locale

3. Copy the custom locale files:

   cp -a en_NL.UTF-8 ~/.locale

4. Set PATH_LOCALE accordingly:

   export PATH_LOCALE=~/.locale:$PATH_LOCALE

5. Set the custom locale:

   export LC_ALL=en_NL.UTF-8

6. Run locale to confirm that the custom locale is applied:

   locale

Notes

To make these changes persistent, add the following lines to your shell configuration file (e.g., ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc):

export PATH_LOCALE=~/.locale:$PATH_LOCALE
export LC_ALL=en_NL.UTF-8

After updating your shell configuration, reload it:

source ~/.bashrc  # or ~/.zshrc

To set specific categories (e.g., date or currency), you can use:

export LC_TIME=en_NL.UTF-8
export LC_MONETARY=en_NL.UTF-8