943 Local Setup - Kept Old US Local Setup In place

core/tabs/utils/locale-setup.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+. ../common-script.sh
+. ../common-service-script.sh
+
+get_suggested_locale() {
+    key="$1"
+    default_locale="en_US.UTF-8"
+
+    # Use case statement to map keys to values (POSIX standard)
+    case "$key" in
+        us) echo "en_US.UTF-8" ;;
+        uk) echo "en_GB.UTF-8" ;;
+        ca) echo "en_CA.UTF-8" ;;
+        cf) echo "fr_CA.UTF-8" ;;
+        cn) echo "zh_CN.UTF-8" ;;
+        by) echo "be_BY.UTF-8" ;;
+        cz) echo "cs_CZ.UTF-8" ;;
+        de) echo "de_DE.UTF-8" ;;
+        dk) echo "da_DK.UTF-8" ;;
+        es) echo "es_ES.UTF-8" ;;
+        et) echo "et_EE.UTF-8" ;;
+        fa) echo "fa_IR.UTF-8" ;;
+        fi) echo "fi_FI.UTF-8" ;;
+        fr) echo "fr_FR.UTF-8" ;;
+        gr) echo "el_GR.UTF-8" ;;
+        hu) echo "hu_HU.UTF-8" ;;
+        il) echo "he_IL.UTF-8" ;;
+        it) echo "it_IT.UTF-8" ;;
+        jp) echo "ja_JP.UTF-8" ;;
+        kr) echo "ko_KR.UTF-8" ;;
+        lt) echo "lt_LT.UTF-8" ;;
+        lv) echo "lv_LV.UTF-8" ;;
+        mk) echo "mk_MK.UTF-8" ;;
+        nl) echo "nl_NL.UTF-8" ;;
+        no) echo "nb_NO.UTF-8" ;;
+        ph) echo "en_PH.UTF-8" ;;
+        pl) echo "pl_PL.UTF-8" ;;
+        ro) echo "ro_RO.UTF-8" ;;
+        ru) echo "ru_RU.UTF-8" ;;
+        se) echo "sv_SE.UTF-8" ;;
+        sg) echo "de_CH.UTF-8" ;;
+        si) echo "sl_SI.UTF-8" ;;
+        tr) echo "tr_TR.UTF-8" ;;
+        ua) echo "uk_UA.UTF-8" ;;
+        *) echo "$default_locale" ;; # Default fallback
+    esac
+}
+
+setLocale() {
+    if command_exists locale-gen; then
+
+        iso=$(curl ifconfig.io/country_code | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+        suggested_locale=$(get_suggested_locale "$iso")
+
+        while true; do
+            printf "Detected locale: '%s'. Press Enter to accept or type a new one (e.g. de_DE.UTF-8): " "$suggested_locale"
+            read -r input
+            LOCALE="${input:-$suggested_locale}"
+
+            case "$LOCALE" in
+                *_**)
+                    # Check 2: Must end with .UTF-8
+                    if echo "$LOCALE" | grep -qE '\.UTF-8$'; then
+                        # Found a likely valid locale format
+                        break
+                    fi
+                    ;;
+            esac
+
+            # If we reach here, the validation failed
+            echo "ERROR! Locale '$LOCALE' does not look valid. Please enter a locale like en_US.UTF-8."
+        done
+
+        echo "LC_ALL=${LOCALE}" | "$ESCALATION_TOOL" tee -a /etc/environment
+        echo "$LOCALE UTF-8" | "$ESCALATION_TOOL" tee -a /etc/locale.gen
+        echo "LANG=$LOCALE" | "$ESCALATION_TOOL" tee -a /etc/locale.conf
+        "$ESCALATION_TOOL" locale-gen "$LOCALE"
+    fi
+}
+
+checkEnv
+setLocale

core/tabs/utils/tab_data.toml

@@ -148,6 +148,12 @@ description = "This utility is designed to enable Num Lock at boot, rather than
 script = "numlock.sh"
 task_list = "PFM SS"
 
+[[data]]
+name = "Locale Setup"
+description = "This allows the user to set their locale"
+script = "locale-setup.sh"
+task_list = "FM"
+
 [[data]]
 name = "Ollama"
 description = "This utility is designed to manage ollama in your system"

docs/content/userguide/walkthrough.md

@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/dwm-titus
 
 - **Bluetooth Manager**: This utility is designed to manage bluetooth in your system
 - **Numlock on Startup**: This utility is designed to enable Num Lock at boot, rather than within desktop environments like KDE or GNOME
+-**Locale Setup**: This allows the user to set their locale
 - **Ollama**: This utility is designed to manage ollama in your system
 - **Ranalama**: This utility is designed to manage ramalama in your system
 - **Service Manager**: This utility is designed to manage services in your system