Pidgin (Unix/Linux): How to change the language?

[Matthias Apitz]

El día Wednesday, January 18, 2012 a las 10:59:47AM +0800, tkdchen escribió:

> 在 2012年1月17日 下午6:16，Hans Streibel <hans at streibel.net> 写道：
> > Is it possible to change Pidgin's language on Unix/Linux?
> > I didn't find anything about this in the User Manual and FAQ
> > (only instructions for Windows users).
> >
> > I am running Linux/Debian with an English locale
> > but would like to run Pigdin in a different language.
> >
> 
> Modify the command in pidgin's application laucher, add following in
> the beginning
> env LC_MESSAGES=zh_CN.UTF-8
> 
> Or, you can run
> $ env LC_MESSAGES=zh_CN.UTF-8 pidgin
> directly in command line if you installed pidgin in standard place.
> 
> Replace the zh_CN.UTF-8 with your language.

Hello Hans,

If you compiled from sources, check 'config.h' for the value of
ENABLE_NLS; in the past there was an issue with this, IIRC;

HIH

	matthias
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