Re: Changing the lang by an application

[Ulrich Drepper <drepper cygnus com>]

Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com> writes:

> What do other UI systems do?  Can you change the language on the fly
> in Windows?

Don't know about M$, but other UI systems I've seen can do this.

> I personally hate the idea of logging out and back in to effect any
> change.  I think this ought to be a rule (and, therefore, I've changed
> my position on hot-switching languages).

I'm also all for this possibility.  Just imagine that my machine (and
the desktop) stays up for a long time and I get a new translation (or
the first translation) and want to use it.

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