only works as default language (login/logout) (was: gnucash in german and spanish)

[Frank H. Ellenberger]

Am Friday 23 January 2009 12:55:09 schrieb Uwe Brauer:
> >>>>> "Derek" == Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU> writes:
> >>>>>
>    >> Thanks but I am not sure I understand
>    >> I use the tcsh shell:
>    >> env gives me
>    >> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>    >>
>    >> So I presume I should use
>    >> setenv ?
>    >
>    > That's one way.
>    >
>    >> >  env LANG=de gnucash
>
> I found out the following:
>
>     -  if I set (in (K)ubuntu 8.04) the default language say to german,
>        I have to logout/login and then gnucash starts with german, so
>        far so good
>
>     -  I can also do env LANG=en gnucash and it starts in english.
>
>     -  However this is the only language I can start this way!!!1

there is no default defined for de, as there are different account hierarchy 
templates for AT, CH and DE.

>     -  Having also installed spanish I cannot do
>        env LANG=es gnucash
>        or
>        env LANG=es_ES.UTF-8 gnucash
>
>        it does not work.
>
>     -  I can set spanish as default language and start gnucash in
>        english but not in german etc etc.

LANG=es_ES LANGUAGE=de_DE gnucash works fine for me, to have spanish account 
templates and a german gui.

> The 2 observation.
>
>
>
>     - Once I have started in a different language, the menus have
>       changed and every new account I open will use this new language.
>
>     -  however the old account keeps the language in which once
>        it was created. This I find *inconvenient*.
>

Because the open tabs are stored, if you end your session. As it is possible, 
to rename a report, it is not possible to translate the name you gave him.

> Any idea why I can start gnucash from the commandline only in english???
>
>
> Uwe Brauer

HTH
Frank

P. S.: There are different places in the wiki at least in english and german, 
which try to explain this. If you think, it is quite not obvisous, please 
help to improve them.