thanks. here's a link to how to do that for 0.7.5 and earlier:
http://www.abisource.com/mailinglists/abiword-user/99/September/0048.html
for 0.7.6 (due out next week sometime) and the current CVS version,
this will still work. **and** we will also pick up locale info
from the environment. **and** there is a system-wide preferences
file that can override the builtin EnUS settings.
enjoy
jeff