> On Jan 16, 2017, at 23:48, Christopher Stone <listmeis...@thestoneforge.com> > wrote: > > [While writing this up I solved the immediate problem – but failed to > discover the why.] > > > Hey Folks, > > Well, this is weird... > > I only recently updated to Sierra and have been going through the expected > teething period – updating ports, etc. > > Yesterday I was testing a bash/perl script in BBEdit. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > #!/usr/bin/env bash > > phoneList='(123) 456-7890 > (456) 567-9050'; > > echo "$p | perl -0777 -ne 's/(?<=78)(.*? 5)/'X' x length $1 /se; print'; > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ˆˆ > > Somehow my variable got partially eaten, so when I ran the script it > naturally threw an error: > > ================================================================================ > Jan 16, 2017, 23:08:47 > untitled text > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > untitled text: ligne 6: fin de fichier (EOF) prématurée lors de la recherche > du « " » correspondant > untitled text: ligne 7: erreur de syntaxe : fin de fichier prématurée > ================================================================================ > > Imagine my surprise when the error message was in French — my macOS 10.12.2 > system is set to English (U.S.). > > Running same script from the Terminal returns a normal U.S. English error > message: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > chris$ ./test > ./test: line 14: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"' > ./test: line 20: syntax error: unexpected end of file > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Bash 4.4.5(1)-release was installed via Macports. > > I have no language or locale setting options in my ~/.profile. > > When I switch the shell to /bin/bash the error message in BBEdit (etc) > reverts to English. > > Switching back to Bash 4 (/opt/local/bin/bash) brings back the French error > message. > > When run from TextMate the script produces an English error message. > > When run from CodeRunner it produces a French error message. > > When run from Atom it produces a French error message. > > I rebooted the system, and that failed to solve anything. > > I uninstalled and reinstalled Bash 4 with Macports – nada. > > I looked in my Language settings and French was item 2 in the preferred > language list. > > English (U.S.) > French > Hebrew > > So – on the off-chance I deleted French and Hebrew, and voilà – I got back my > English error messages in BBEdit (etc). > > If someone has an insight into why this happened I'd be interested to hear it.
All I can add is that the GIMP UI is unexpectedly German for me. German is the second language in my Language & Region preferences, after English.