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

tkdchen qcxhome at gmail.com
Wed Jan 18 00:05:28 EST 2012


在 2012年1月18日 下午12:58,Matthias Apitz <guru at unixarea.de> 写道:
> 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;
>

Yes. NLS is enabled by default. If specify --disable-nls, only English
be displayed.

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>
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