2.6.3 language and locale switching on OS X

Per Johansson per at johansson.name
Thu Jul 31 13:02:49 EDT 2014


On 2014-07-31 05:59, John Ralls wrote:
>
> 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
>

I had expanded Gnucash dmg to a Gnucash folder under Applications, and 
ran Gnucash from there.
Now I moved Gnucash.app to the Applications folder, and then defaults 
write works as expected.
Problem solved.






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