KStars: Cannot change language

[Jasem Mutlaq]

Thanks. Just to be clear, I'm talking about changing language from Help -->
Configure Language dialog that is standard in KDE applications.

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Best Regards,
Jasem Mutlaq



On Fri, Jun 21, 2024 at 12:16 PM Konstantin Kharlamov <Hi-Angel at yandex.ru>
wrote:

> Looking at the repo, I see the `po/` dir which implies it's using GNU
> gettext for translation. Fairly standard choice. Strings are marked for
> translation by using a `_` macro, like `_("My english text")`.
>
> I don't remember the details, but it basically has something like a
> database of such texts and their lines with the according translations.
> When it needs to represent a translated string it basically does so by
> searching in that db.
>
> Language may be changed by different means. On Linux and Unix systems
> it's usually variables such as `LANG`. So e.g. `LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> kstars` should launch it with english language.
>
> If you have a way to switch language via interface, I presume it is
> handled by some gettext API that overrides whatever's being told by
> env. variables.
>
> HTH
>
> On Fri, 2024-06-21 at 11:31 +0300, Jasem Mutlaq wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > We have an issue with the recent versions of KStars is that language
> > cannot be switched by users. This affects MacOS, Windows, and Linux,
> > whether packaged or built from source.
> >
> > How to debug this issue? I can't see anything in the logs about the
> > language switch issue. For example, I tried changing the language to
> > German but the interface is still in English. Which component of KDE
> > Frameworks is handling this at the backend? Any environment variables
> > to check or watch out for?
> >
> > Any pointers would be appreciated.
> >
> > --
> > Best Regards,
> > Jasem Mutlaq
> >
>
>
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