Language not recognized

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

I don't think the file is supposed to be called "environment.local".  I
think it is literally called "environment".

GnuCash SHOULD take a pt_PT environment and use the "pt" language.  I
honestly don't know why it is not doing that.  Unless there is something
about "pt-PT" vs "pt_PT"?

I've added gnucash-user to the CC list; your replies will just get
moderated, but Liz (the moderator) should clear them up within a day.  I
don't use Windows myself so I don't have direct experience -- however
there ARE a ton of windows users out there and hopefully one of them can
help you!

Thanks!

-derek

On Thu, October 16, 2025 9:45 am, Pedro Albuquerque wrote:
> Hello Derek,
>
> Thank you for your quick answer. Please let me comment on this, and
> forgive my
> directness, I don't mean nothing by it. It's just my way.
>
> First off, and like I said, this is a users question. One should not be
> pointed to a developers page. But, I did write to a developers list, my
> bad
> (⸝⸝⸝O﹏ O⸝⸝⸝).
>
> Second, like you said yourself, "It should pick the system locale".
> Clearly,
> it isn't. IMHO, the system locale is pt_PT Portugal, the one and only
> Portuguese. GnuCash uses the vast pt, that includes all dialects around
> the
> world. Maybe that is why GnuCash fails to pick it?
>
> As you can imagine, my Windows system has all settings, date, time,
> regional,
> language, etc, set for Portugal. Nothing to change there (opposed to my
> Linux
> usual computer, that is fully set to en_UK, where I can configure
> environment
> variables and have GnuCash using my own translations :) )
>
> Worst case, even with that environment.local file, the result is the exact
> same. But, I think you were already expecting this, judging by your last
> comment, "Good Luck!" ;). From my very little experience, computers dont
> work
> out of luck.
>
> There is, or was, a feature request in Bugzilla, created by me, asking
> that a
> UI language choice would exist somewhere in Preferences/Options/Whatever,
> like
> most software these days has. Please do consider this issue here as
> another
> reason for that to happen?
>
> Again, many thanks for your trouble, and congratulations to the whole team
> for
> this excellent software.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Pedro Albuquerque
>
> Em 16/10/2025 às 13:01, "Derek Atkins" <derek at ihtfp.com> escreveu:
>>Hi Pedro,
>>
>>It should pick up the system locale.  Did you follow the instructions at
>>https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Locale_Settings
>>for setting it up?
>>
>>Worst case, you could change the GnuCash environment file (also
>> documented
>>on that Wiki page).
>>
>>Good Luck!
>>
>>-derek
>>
>>On Thu, October 16, 2025 4:21 am, Pedro Albuquerque wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I know this is a question for the users list, but I can't post or
>>> subscribe without the approval of a moderator, from whom I didn't here
>>> in
>>> weeks. I assume there are still access problems, like with Bugzilla.
>>>
>>> I installed GnuCash under Windows 10, Portuguese, and Gnucash doesn't
>>> recognize the system language, please see images below.
>>>
>>> During install, I didn't see an option to change language or select a
>>> translation. I know for sure Gnucash is translated in Portuguese, I do
>>> the
>>> translation. How do I solve this, please?
>>> ​
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>> Pedro Albuquerque_______________________________________________
>>> gnucash-devel mailing list
>>> gnucash-devel at gnucash.org
>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
>>>
>>
>>
>>--
>>       Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
>>       derek at ihtfp.com             www.ihtfp.com
>>       Computer and Internet Security Consultant
>
>
>


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       Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
       derek at ihtfp.com             www.ihtfp.com
       Computer and Internet Security Consultant