Uncomment (remove) the # on the line 167 to activate the language you need.
If you want to use en_IN it’s English (India).
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@FLVAL
that didn’t do the trick.
part of the system still is in my native language ;/
here’s the result of locale -a
C
en_IN
en_IN.utf8
en_US.utf8
hi_IN
hi_IN.utf8
POSIX
so i edited the locale gen a bit and heres the local -a output
locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_COLLATE to default locale: No such file or directory
C
POSIX
en_US.utf8
this seems to do the trick! system is entirely in english now.
but, git seems still broken, its not recognizing the keys appropriately 
Have you tried just having english US only on your system and see if git is okay?
Are you sure is local -a ? Maybe better with
locale -a
And your en_US.utf8 it supposed to be en_US.UTF-8 (note the hypen changes)
Would be better to know, which LANGUAGE do you want exactly ?
en_IN UTF-8 ? en_GB.UTF-8 ? or en_US.UTF-8 ?
In a first time, to make it easier, follow what told you @ricklinux in putting your system in en_US.UTF-8. Then, in a second time, when you got it, change for what you want.
Please make full answer if you want a result.
1/ Could you report us your /etc/locale.conf
2/ And the last 5 lines (510 to 514) from /etc/local.gen
3/ And the result from :
localedef --list-archive
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how would i go about doing that ?
i want my full system in english.
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LANG=en_IN
LC_ADDRESS=hi_IN
LC_IDENTIFICATION=hi_IN
LC_MEASUREMENT=hi_IN
LC_MONETARY=hi_IN
LC_NAME=hi_IN
LC_NUMERIC=hi_IN
LC_PAPER=hi_IN
LC_TELEPHONE=hi_IN
LC_TIME=hi_IN
Locales enabled by Calamares
#en_IN UTF-8
#hi_IN UTF-8
en_US.utf8
You have to edit the /etc/locale.gen file by commenting out the languages you don’t want and uncomment the ones you want which I think you are showing that you have done.
Then you have to generate the locales by running locale-gen in the terminal.
Example:
Before a locale can be enabled on the system, it must be generated. This can be achieved by uncommenting applicable entries in /etc/locale.gen , and running locale-gen . Equivalently, commenting entries disables their respective locales. While making changes, consider any localisations required by other users on the system, as well as specific #Variables.
For example, uncomment en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 for American-English:
yay -S gitfiend
May be helpful, try the app and tell of okay or too much or simply No !
git seems to recognize my keyboard now
apparently it was using vim as its editor
doing
git config --global core.editor "nano"
seemed to do the trick. ill however fix up the system using locale-gen
thanx a bunch guys!!