[Users] How to change the language used by Claws Mail

[wwp]

Hello Alain,


On Tue, 19 Nov 2024 22:53:27 +0100 Alain Coulais <alain.coulais at obspm.fr> wrote:

> Le Tue, 19 Nov 2024 18:17:00 +0000,
> Slavko <linux at slavino.sk> a écrit :
> 
> > On 17. novembra 2024 22:10:06 UTC, John G Walker via Users
> > <users at lists.claws-mail.org> wrote:  
> > >
> > >
> > >On Sun, 17 Nov 2024 20:49:00 +0000 Brad Rogers <brad at fineby.me.uk>
> > >wrote:    
> >   
> > >I cannot predict that. But, in any case I'm wondering why the settings
> > >say that my preferred language is British English and it's giving me
> > >French or German. I like to be in control of my preferences. Somehow,
> > >things are not working as they should,    
> > 
> > If i properly remember, you (or OP) mentioned *buntu. It was years ago
> > when i used Ubuntu (for LTSP), but i fight with locales at that time too,
> > as some smart man (or woman?) decided to hardcode locale settings
> > to value from Display Manager in some X startup script. Then i abandon
> > Ubuntu at all (for multiple reasons).
> > 
> > Anyway, you can check locale settings by "locale" command, but
> > *buntu can use snap (or how it is named), thus result can be defferent
> > in shell and in app.
> > 
> > IMO, you can have more luck by asking on some *buntu community,
> > as here CM follows my locales, and i run it multiple times (not recently)
> > with English language, just by prepending it with LANG=C
> > 
> > regards
> > 
> >   
> 
> Not sure if a contribution is expected, but I am using Claws Mail
> in Xubuntu within XFCE in *french* (and super happy ;) 
> and yes, most the menu in Claws Mail are in french.
[snip]

Most, only?


Regards,

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