zhangwe...@realss.com schrieb: > Hello. I have > > zhangwe...@esmeralda:~$ grep --invert-match ^# /etc/locale.gen > > zh_CN.UTF-8 UTF-8 > en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 > de_DE.UTF-8 UTF-8 > > > For most applications, I can start it in any language I wish to use. > e.g. if I want to start abiword in en_US, I can do this: > > zhangwe...@esmeralda:~$ LANG=en_US abiword > > However this method doesn't work for firefox and thunderbird. Both > always starts in German (note German is the last, a.k.a. least preferred > language for me, in /etc/locale.gen) > > I checked that I do have thunderbird installed with linguas_en_US (see > below emerge output). If it is installed with that language version, it > should be able to run in that language version. How can I start > thunderbird in en_US? > > zhangwe...@esmeralda:~$ sudo emerge -pv mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird > > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > > Calculating dependencies... done! > [ebuild R ] mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-2.0.0.19 USE="crypt ipv6 > ldap replytolist xinerama xprint -bindist -debug -gnome -mozdom -moznopango" > LINGUAS="de en_US -af -be -bg -ca -cs -da -el -en -en_GB -es -es_AR -es_ES > -eu -fi -fr -ga -ga_IE -he -hu -it -ja -ko -lt -mk -nb -nb_NO -nl -nn -nn_NO > -pa -pa_IN -pl -pt -pt_BR -pt_PT -ru -sk -sl -sv -sv_SE -tr -uk -zh -zh_CN > -zh_TW" 0 kB > > Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB > Hi,
you can define something in /etc/portage/package.use app-office/openoffice linguas_de -linguas_en -linguas_en_GB My example results in an only German oo. This might be useless for you if you which to change the language every 5 mins, but it might be usable if you want to change for permanent. kh
