Working the and English version of Inkscape on a Spanich Windows
Hey Folks,
I'm wondering how can I install Inkscape in English on a Spanish Windows version. Any ideas?
Thanks, rNdea
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delete the spanish .po file from the install, if it cant find it it'll revert to english.
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Hey Folks,
I'm wondering how can I install Inkscape in English on a Spanish Windows version. Any ideas?
Thanks, rNdea
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John Cliff wrote:
delete the spanish .po file from the install, if it cant find it it'll revert to english.
I'm wondering how can I install Inkscape in English on a Spanish Windows version. Any ideas?
A slightly less destructive answer can be found in the faq http://wiki.inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?FAQ. ;)
Aaron Spike
Q: I am working on a machine with operating system xxx which has default language yyy set, but I want to work with Inkscape menus in language zzz (most likely English), how can I set this?
Linux
LANG=C inkscape in the commandline switches to the default language (English). LANG=fr inkscape changes the language to french. This command is only used by the started program. The used locale has to be installed (else it falls back to the default language). To change it easier in the future, you can use an alias alias inkscape="LANG=C inkscape" You have to save that in the .bashrc , so that you can use it even after the next system restart. Type locale -a in the console to find out, which locale setting is supported on your system.
macOSX
The official Mac OS X way is to provide .lproj files which enables applications to pick up the [preferred language] from the [System Preferences] dialog; however, this is probably some considerable way into the future. It might be possible to set up a scheme involving [langauge :: packs], otherwise the linux methods may work.
Win32
1. Locate the installation directory. 2. Enter the Inkscape\locale directory 3. Locate the directory with the two letter locale you don't want to use. 4. Rename (or remove) this directory to something like disable_de or x_es 5. Restart inkscape and the default English (en) locale will be used. Beware, this change the behaviour for all inkscape users on this machine
Wasn't there the RFE to do a language change within Inkscape in the menue ?
BTW: in the Win32 0.43 inkscape installer you choice which languages you want and which not. But if you deselect "es spanish" you also do not have the spanish tutorials, etc.
HTH,
Adib.
-----Original Message----- From: inkscape-user-admin@lists.sourceforge.net on behalf of aaron@...476... Sent: Fri 11/4/2005 14:08 To: inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] Working the and English version of Inkscape on a Spanich Windows
John Cliff wrote:
delete the spanish .po file from the install, if it cant find it it'll revert to english.
I'm wondering how can I install Inkscape in English on a Spanish Windows version. Any ideas?
A slightly less destructive answer can be found in the faq http://wiki.inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?FAQ. ;)
Aaron Spike
Q: I am working on a machine with operating system xxx which has default language yyy set, but I want to work with Inkscape menus in language zzz (most likely English), how can I set this?
Linux
LANG=C inkscape in the commandline switches to the default language (English). LANG=fr inkscape changes the language to french. This command is only used by the started program. The used locale has to be installed (else it falls back to the default language). To change it easier in the future, you can use an alias alias inkscape="LANG=C inkscape" You have to save that in the .bashrc , so that you can use it even after the next system restart. Type locale -a in the console to find out, which locale setting is supported on your system.
macOSX
The official Mac OS X way is to provide .lproj files which enables applications to pick up the [preferred language] from the [System Preferences] dialog; however, this is probably some considerable way into the future. It might be possible to set up a scheme involving [langauge :: packs], otherwise the linux methods may work.
Win32
1. Locate the installation directory. 2. Enter the Inkscape\locale directory 3. Locate the directory with the two letter locale you don't want to use. 4. Rename (or remove) this directory to something like disable_de or x_es 5. Restart inkscape and the default English (en) locale will be used. Beware, this change the behaviour for all inkscape users on this machine
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Thank you Aaron!
Thank you all!
I got it working now, and I'm looking forward to seeing Inkscape flourishing even more!
Best, RnDea
--- aaron@...476... wrote:
John Cliff wrote:
delete the spanish .po file from the install, if
it cant find it it'll
revert to english.
I'm wondering how can I install Inkscape in
English on
a Spanish Windows version. Any ideas?
A slightly less destructive answer can be found in the faq http://wiki.inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?FAQ. ;)
Aaron Spike
Q: I am working on a machine with operating system xxx which has default language yyy set, but I want to work with Inkscape menus in language zzz (most likely English), how can I set this?
Linux LANG=C inkscape in the commandline switchesto the default language (English). LANG=fr inkscape changes the language to french. This command is only used by the started program. The used locale has to be installed (else it falls back to the default language). To change it easier in the future, you can use an alias alias inkscape="LANG=C inkscape" You have to save that in the .bashrc , so that you can use it even after the next system restart. Type locale -a in the console to find out, which locale setting is supported on your system.
macOSX The official Mac OS X way is to provide.lproj files which enables applications to pick up the [preferred language] from the [System Preferences] dialog; however, this is probably some considerable way into the future. It might be possible to set up a scheme involving [langauge :: packs], otherwise the linux methods may work.
Win32 1. Locate the installation directory. 2. Enter the Inkscape\locale directory 3. Locate the directory with the two letterlocale you don't want to use. 4. Rename (or remove) this directory to something like disable_de or x_es 5. Restart inkscape and the default English (en) locale will be used. Beware, this change the behaviour for all inkscape users on this machine
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On Thu, 3 Nov 2005, RnDea RnDea wrote:
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 18:09:30 -0800 (PST) From: RnDea RnDea <rndea@...12...> Reply-To: inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net To: inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Inkscape-user] Working the and English version of Inkscape on a Spanich Windows
Hey Folks,
I'm wondering how can I install Inkscape in English on a Spanish Windows version. Any ideas?
Easiest way is to not install the Spanish translation at all and let the default English show through. (The option to install or leave out translations was added to the installer recently.)
You could also move or remove the spanish translation file (probably named es.po) and it should have the same effect. There is another method involving setting the locale variable on the command line but that is not usually worth the extra effort.
I'm surprised how often people want to use applicitions in English even though they use their Operating System through their own language. Is this because the translations are not good enough? (No offense to the translators I understand how difficult translation work can be.)
Sincerely
Alan Horkan
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