Actually I don't know much about Windows's locale setting. So the wiki is really too short.
On linux, I tested that only when locale is set, and sometimes even set LANG and LANGUAGE, the GNU gettext will work. http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/FAQ.html#integrating_howto In my test, it just changes locale temporarily and locally for itself. 2011/8/30 Nathan Letwory <nat...@letworyinteractive.com> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 29.8.2011 20:28, Dalai Felinto wrote: > > Hi Kent, > >> That means you don't have the locale installed on your machine. > >> You'll need to do something like this: > >> http://dev.ektron.com/kb_ < > http://dev.ektron.com/kb_article.aspx?id=5982> > > article.aspx?id=5982 <http://dev.ektron.com/kb_article.aspx?id=5982> > > > > Thanks for the link. But from windows it ask me to pick a language "to > use > > when displaying test in programs that do not support Unicode." (and > requires > > restarting windows). > > > > Why do we need that? As far as I know blf is doing all the hard work of > > handling unicode. Maybe we only need to tell Windows that Blender > supports > > unicode? > > Indeed awhile back I had Blender patched to use a unicode font > (droidsans) > > as the default and could have UI files in Japanese with no problems. (and > > BGE can handle this as well). > > To me it also seems strange to have to change system locale to be able > to show GUI in different language. For comparison: I can easily change > Chrome GUI language to different languages without having to change > system locale (just tested with Bengali and Chinese - luckily menu item > ordering doesn't change with different items!). Old Blender didn't need > system locale changes to show different languages either. > > IMO there shouldn't be the need for a locale to be specifically > installed on a user system for localisation to work. > > /Nathan > > - -- > Nathan Letwory > Letwory Interactive | Studio Lumikuu > http://www.letworyinteractive.com | http://www.lumikuu.com > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJOW83oAAoJEKtfN7KsE0TtmuYIAJmFspcZYoPCP0bRiv+buEKv > c1Sqc+dQ8H1vvIo2MAgVwkVj836j4ynRUVH2mUKzAjMw/zaRaNESPJ7Wv1cJXrG2 > ugpB58HfrpTJwwYTv8poqV9YY4z9uFfJItfOgXPUlAf1Rcu8Yzm+56/PkriJVi1c > r8w8FHWyJpS39AJvemKOmDjzk9W/iAVXKv83KXTKUiIvC0Towru3b9Ti5LIeKuKl > w+Lk2C7bNcMC8RJl010GBnNE5s/xOzmgOVfmUN9fNpLFZJimK1vnv/eMtK4tVrE/ > dVHwesUebc1Pkj6ReM90dModIrqvzo1FfwvgDs6fGUkFUKisEytwjdQ/iibT2dw= > =jIbC > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers