2.6.3 language and locale switching on OS X

[John Ralls]

On Jul 30, 2014, at 12:33 PM, Per Johansson <per at johansson.name> wrote:

> On 2014-07-30 03:42, John Ralls wrote:
>> 
>> On Jul 29, 2014, at 10:31 AM, Per Johansson <per at johansson.name> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello.
>>> 
>>> I change the locale and language according to the instructions in
>>> http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Locale_Settings
>>> 
>>> Examples:
>>> 
>>> defaults write /Applications/Gnucash/Gnucash.app AppleLocale 'fr_FR at currency=CHF'
>>> 
>>> defaults write /Applications/Gnucash/Gnucash.app AppleLanguages '(de,fr)'
>>> 
>>> Then I start Gnucash 2.6.3 but nothing changes. Only sometimes tips come in English instead of Swedish (system default).
>>> 
>>> But when I switch language or locale in the system settings, Gnucash changes correctly.
>> 
>> 
>> Try again, using exactly the syntax specified in the wiki article.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> John Ralls
>> 
> 
> 
> I can't use the exact syntax because it returns:
> 
> Couldn't find an application named "Gnucash"; defaults unchanged
> 

What version of OSX are you using? 

With 2.6 Gnucash uses defaults for all preferences, so having OSX not recognize Gnucash as an app is a bigger problem that localization.

Regards,
John Ralls