> On Aug 28, 2021, at 4:38, Carl Hoefs <newsli...@autonomy.caltech.edu> wrote:
> 
> I didn't know you could use 'open' in that way, but it looks like it should 
> work.

It doesn't here :-)

> On the other hand, have you tried using -AppleLanguages? 

I did not know about this trick.

> This works for me (on Big Sur):
> 
> /System/Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit -AppleLanguages 
> '(fr)' &
> 
> Just make sure that TextEdit.app isn't open yet.

But it also allows for multiple instances.

What I was trying to do was change the locale "locally" to launch a Java app in 
a different language. So that -AppleLanguages option is not going to work...

JC

> -Carl
> 
> 
>> On Aug 26, 2021, at 5:13 PM, Jean-Christophe Helary 
>> <jean.christophe.hel...@traduction-libre.org> wrote:
>> 
>> man open gives the following example:
>> 
>> open --env MallocStackLogging=YES -b com.apple.TextEdit
>> 
>> I tried with LANG or LC_MESSAGES and that did not seem to make any 
>> difference:
>> 
>> open --env LC_MESSAGES="fr_FR.UTF-8" -b com.apple.TextEdit
>> 
>> So I was wondering if I was missing something obvious or if that were even 
>> possible.
>> 
>> -- 
>> Jean-Christophe Helary @brandelune
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>> https://sr.ht/~brandelune/omegat-as-a-book/
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