I don't think it's a Windows thing. :) On Windows, the language is handled in app/language.c which all works out nicely at the moment (even if it's a hack) On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 4:29 PM, Michael Schumacher <schumaml@xxxxxx> wrote: > On 14.09.2014 22:11, Simone Karin Lehmann wrote: > >>> It used to be like this on Windows for a looong time, and turned out >>> that many people want to use GIMP in a language different from their >>> system's - it is quite common for users to stick with the original >>> English, because about every tutorial you can find is written in this >>> language. >>> >>> This doesn't seem to be possible with your builds at the moment, unless >>> the users change their system preferences? > >> Indeed. It isn’t possible within GIMP but in System Preferences. As >> with all other native OS X applications. At least I don’t know about >> a native application having its own language selector. > > This selector has been added to GIMP to address this issue, as "your > system is set to language X, therefor you apparently want to use your > apps in this language" didn't exactly turn out to be what all users want > on the Windows platforms, at least. > > And it isn't actually easier on Linux platforms, either, users there > might just have been more versed with "eh, I'll just run it as > LANG=mylanguage gimp &"). > > > -- > Regards, > Michael > GPG: 96A8 B38A 728A 577D 724D 60E5 F855 53EC B36D 4CDD > _______________________________________________ > gimp-developer-list mailing list > List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx > List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
