On Sun, Jan 14, 2007 at 05:22:26PM +0100, Michael Gerz wrote: > Lars Gullik Bjønnes schrieb: > > Yes. > > > > I think this will result in surprising behaviour. > > > > 1. Set languag inside lyx to "swedish" (why not?) > > - save and exit > > 2. run lyx with LANG=no_NO ./lyx > > - get a nice swedish lyx > > > > I think that the ui language should not be settable from inside lyx. > > > Well, why is it so important to keep the almightiness of LANG?
Because it is the standard way it works: http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/000095399/basedefs/xbd_chap08.html > Personally, I don't see all implications of Abdel's proposal. Are there > any other programs (Linux/Windows) out there that are configurable at > run-time? I think you will not find any Linux application breaking this rule. Maybe this is not true on Windows, but Windows hardly follows any rule. > I think we need a few more opinions before we take a decision. I am for following the rules. -- Enrico
