On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:37:14 +0100 Tobias Gasser <l...@ebp-gasser.ch> wrote:
> i think my aproach is more flexible as i can add multiple translations > (i'm used to use german + french as these 2 are used here in CH near > basel), and give the user the choice. I also prefer the xpi method as the method for compiling with a different locale seems to change a lot and often breaks. As I understand it the locale files are just text/data with nothing compiled from source code so it seems sensible to use xpis. > what i am missing with firefox and thunderbird is automatic detection > which language should be used. most other packages chose the language by > $LANG (de_CH.UTF-8 or fr_CH.UTF-8), $LANGUAGE (de or fr) or $LC_ALL > (same as $LANG). the mozilla products require the > 'general.useragent.locale' to be set and the language-plugin to be > activated. I find Thunderbird uses the correct dictionary if I set the environment variable LC_TIME. EG: export LC_TIME=en_GB.utf8 Andy -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
