Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
--
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop
Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/565209
Title:
"UILocale" option in firefox commandline not working in Ubuntu Lucid
releases
Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Binary package hint: firefox
Commencing from Ubuntu Karmic version, when a language-pack base
package is installed, the Firefox language pack extensions for the
same language (if available) also got installed globally inside the
directory /usr/lib/firefox-addons/extensions/
But unlike in Karmic, the command line option of "uilocale" with
"firefox" command for setting language localization of the browser
does not work as expected in Lucid releases so far. (uilocale is a.k.a
"UILocale")
Suppose we are operating the desktop in en_US.UTF-8 locale, then the
default launch of Firefox would also be with US-English interface. If
we then need to continue having the desktop operated in same locale,
but want to use Fx with say Tamil "ta" localization, then in Karmic,
one of the following two commands could be issued from a terminal
after first closing all opened instances of Firefox.
1). export LANG=ta_IN && firefox
2). firefox -uilocale ta
However now in Ubuntu Lucid Lynx releases so far, (including Beta -2
with Firefox latest 3.6.3), the command usage with the "-uilocale"
option does not work. If that command usage is entered, it only
launches the browser in the language of the locale from which the
browser is launched. I have tested with other languages too such as
Sinhala (si) and Hindi (hi) and find the same result in each case, as
if the "uilocale" command line option is no longer supported (though
the help request "firefox -h" in Lucid still lists short description
of "UILocale" option)
The correct functioning of the "uilocale" option(as it was in Karmic
which is as per generic scheme of Mozilla Firefox), would be of good
use for the following reason:
Command line usage with uilocale option is more convenient for novice
users to put in a launcher - for example I can use separate profiles
for English, Tamil and Sinhala (say profiles foo1, foo2 foo3
respectively) and in Karmic , have 3 separate launchers for following
commands respectively:
firefox -P foo1 -no-remote -uilocale en
firefox -P foo2 -no-remote -uilocale ta
firefox -P foo3 -no-remote -uilocale si
These if launched at same time, then each is an independent instance
providing localized interface as according to the uilocale option it
was launched with and also be independent of the language locale from
which it is launched
But now in the absence of a working "uilocale" option in Lucid, for a
particular language localization, the corresponding command could be
only with preceding "export LANG=...."; and such form cannot be
directly inserted into a launcher but has to be put in a shell script
file and have that as script file name as command in the launcher.
That is, more work and less convenient situation in Lucid for novice
users.
Therefore I request that the functionality of the firefox commandline
option of "uilocale" to be restored.
K. Sethu
To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/565209/+subscriptions
--
Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages
Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net
Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages
More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
