[Gimp-user] Choice of language

[ferren <forums gimpusers com>]

> ferren wrote:
> The language has probably been set in your user-specific
> configuration,
> which is intentionally kept through a reinstall, so that all your 
> customisations are retained.
> If you don't mind manually editing configuration files:
> - Close GIMP
> - Open the file ~/.gimp/gimprc in a text editor (in case you're not 
> familiar with the conventions, ~ represents your personal home 
> directory; .gimp is a hidden directory so if you're using a graphical 
> file browser you might have to type the name into the address bar or
> set
> an option to show hidden files)
> - There is probably a line looking something like:
>     (language "el")
> - Change that line to:
>     (language "en_GB")
> - Save the file
> - Start GIMP; hopefully it's now in UK English
>
> If you'd prefer a different dialect of English, the other options are 
> "en_CA" for Canadian and "en_US" for American.
>
> If you can manage enough of the GUI in Greek, you'd be looking for:
> - Edit > Preferences (although I think Mac has a different convention,
> so this might be something like GIMP > Preferences)
> - Interface (second item in the left side of the preferences dialog)
> - The top option in the right side is "Language"; select your
> preferred
> dialect of English; each language has the code in square brackets
> after
> that, so you'll be looking for an option including "[en_GB]",
> "[en_CA]"
> or "[en_US]" (whichever dialect you prefer)
> - Click "OK" (middle of the 3 buttons at lower right of the dialog
> - Hopefully GIMP is now in English


On the Mac, it now goes GIMP > Protimeseis > Diepaphe > Glossa > [en_(GB)], (ιe,
GIMP > Preferences > Interface > Language > [en_GB]). So far, so good.
There was no ~/.gimp file, so I created an empty .gimp folder, in the hope that
the above sequence would inspire creation of a configuration file. This has not
happened, and GIMP stays in Greek after restart, with [en_(GB)] still selected.
locate .gimp  turned up no other .gimp file stored elsewhere.

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