On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 12:21:53AM +0100, Joost Verburg wrote: > Hi, > > Would it be possible to add an option to the preferences to set the > user interface language? The default would of course be to rely on the > environment variable, but it will allow the user to change the > language much more easily. > > On Windows it is not common at all to set environment variables for > such a thing.
It isn't common to change the language of the user interface easily, either. Changing the language using the installer _is_ common though. Of course this is clumsy, writing a two-line batch script setting the environment and starting LyX is far easier (one could even have desktop shortcuts for several such scripts or some script taking an argument *hint*). > While the installer currently allows the user to select a language, > changing this requires the installer to be to run again, which is not > very user friendly. Another issue is that the installation may be > shared by multiple users who may prefer different languages. > > But also on Linux I think most people would prefer to have to ability > to change the language per application instead of changing a > system-wide environment variable. And that ability they have. Per system, per user, per shell, per command - whatever is wanted. There's no need to "help". Andre'
