Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2019 05:02:00 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: hw <hw@adminart.net> Cc: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: thunderbird in German? Message-ID: <20190802050200.dd286e57.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <87h8705waf.fsf@toy.adminart.net> References: <87o91bw4mx.fsf@toy.adminart.net> <20190731012754.3783a859.freebsd@edvax.de> <23873.2939.410268.920612@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20190731225154.82dcb0ae.freebsd@edvax.de> <87h8705waf.fsf@toy.adminart.net>
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On Fri, 02 Aug 2019 00:57:12 +0200, hw wrote: > Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> writes: > > > On Tue, 30 Jul 2019 23:31:07 -0400, Robert Huff wrote: > >> > >> Polytropon writes: > >> > >> > > 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. > >> > >> It is my understanding that: > >> > >> a) sometime back, Mozilla did a major overhaul/upgrade of the > >> interface between Firefox and addons. As a result, all > >> third-party add-ons and many Firefox-provided add-ons > >> stopped working. > >> b) some of the add-ons (e.g. AdBlock) were rebuilt to the new > >> spec; many were not, including my personal must-have PrefBar. > > > > Yes, that probably is the case. Luckily (and thanks to search > > engines) I was able to find out how to change the interface > > language _now_. :-) > > > > Sidenote: > > > > Among the affected add-ons weren't just the german language packs, > > but also an "interface locale changer" add-on where you could change > > the interface language easily. Now this functionality is part of > > Firefox, but you need to explore _how_ it works, to prevent the > > disappointment of not being able to change the interface language. > > I think the same applies for Thunderbird. > > Ok and _how_ do you change the language in Thunderbird? I do not have a Thunderbird instance where I can check. I assume (or conclude from Firefox) that there should be something in the settings. > Changing Firefox wasn't a problem, other than that I wish I could do > that site-wide for all users rather than having to do it for each user. > Why don't these programs just honor the language settings of the > environment? Yes, that is really a problem, because so many other programs do it the right way; even temporary invocation in a different language is not a problem for "old" programs. For example, if you set a system-wide variable that applies to all users, that language variable should be honored. I see multi-language support as a great feature especially in FreeBSD, where I can use programs in the language I prefer, and that might be vary among the programs running in one session (for example, Sylpheed uses the english language, while LibreOffice uses the german one). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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