Public bug reported:

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

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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"UILocale" option in firefox commandline not working in Ubuntu Lucid releases
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/565209
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