Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 01:22:42 +0200 From: hw <hw@adminart.net> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: thunderbird in German? Message-ID: <878ssc5v3x.fsf@toy.adminart.net> In-Reply-To: <20190731012754.3783a859.freebsd@edvax.de> (Polytropon's message of "Wed, 31 Jul 2019 01:27:54 %2B0200") References: <87o91bw4mx.fsf@toy.adminart.net> <20190731012754.3783a859.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> writes: > On Wed, 31 Jul 2019 00:15:34 +0200, hw wrote: >> Hi, >> >> is there a way to get the GUI of thunderbird in German? > > Yes. But it depends on the version you're using (and the same > problem applies to Firefox). The hints I'm providing are therefore > derived from ongoing trouble (language-wise) with Firefox, so > check which and what applies to Thunderbird. :-) > > I'm not sure _which_ language variable has the desired effect, > but you can try setting those (example taken from ~/.cshrc): > > setenv LANGUAGE de > setenv LC_ALL de_DE.UTF-8 > setenv LANG de_DE.UTF-8 > setenv LC_ALL de_DE.UTF-8 > setenv LC_MESSAGES de_DE.UTF-8 > setenv LC_COLLATE de_DE.UTF-8 > setenv LC_CTYPE de_DE.UTF-8 > setenv LC_MONETARY de_DE.UTF-8 > setenv LC_NUMERIC de_DE.UTF-8 > setenv LANG de_DE.UTF-8 > setenv MM_CHARSET de_DE.UTF-8 > > It could also be possible that one of those (taken from > ~/.login_conf) could be the one(s): > > me:\ > :charset=UTF-8:\ > :lang=de_DE.UTF-8: Thanks! IIRC, I've set 'lang' (or 'LANG') and MM_CHARSET; I'll try the others, too. > Additionally, check TB's configuration if you find a "built-in > means" to select the interface language (as it seems to be now > in FF). I already did and didn't find anything. > It is probably hidden somewhere in the preferences "pages" (no idea > why "modern" software tends to make things more complicated than it > should be). Don't get me started on these programs ... Nowadays, users are not sufficiently competent to have preferences ... > Also make sure to check it after upgrades which might cause TB to > switch back to English (same problem with FF). > > As I'm writing this, I guess _that hint_ is the thing you should > be looking for _first_. :-) I haven't upgraded them, this is a new installation of FreeBSD in a VM which I intend to use as an xrdp server for some kind of thin clients which I haven't entirely figured out yet. (I tried Thinstation and the images didn't turn out bootable, apparently because I somehow cloned only 2.5 or so of the 18GB and stuff seemed to be missing from the images I made ... It'll probably work sooner or later ...) >> After installing and enabling a German language pack as an addon (not to >> be confused with a German dictionary (which is also installed for just >> in case)), the GUI still remains in English. > > Those add-ons don't seem to work anymore. Version mismatch > combined with improper or missing signing (same trouble as > in FF). It seems they aren't needed anymore. Then why doesn't it say so? >> Is this a general problem >> with the language pack or something specific to FreeBSD? > > Not FreeBSD-specific. It's one of the typical problems of > "constant change" when dealing with Mozilla software... :-/ Is there a usable alternative to Thunderbird for an IMAP client?
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