-# LANG set (for Python's decode() function). Therefore set it here, might be
-# overwritten by shell setup scripts.
-LANG=en_US.UTF-8
-export LANG
+# LANG set (for Python's decode() function). Therefore load my general shell
+# environment which also includes $LANG.
+if test -f "$HOME/.shell/env"; then
+ # Debug function used in ~/.shell/env.
+ source_debug() {
+ # Do nothing.
+ :
+ }
+
+ . "$HOME/.shell/env"
+fi