Re: [gtkmm] Question about i18n

[Chris Vine <chris cvine freeserve co uk>]

On Friday 14 May 2004 06:51, Veiko+Sinivee wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I read in gtkmm tutorial how to add i18n support
> for gtkmm application. I did all that but the application wouldn't display
> in my language. So I decided to try a simpler testcase and downloaded
> gtkmm_hello package. I added Estonian language translation, compiled and
> installed. The application wouldn't display in Estonian. Then, assuming I
> did something wrong, I tried some of the installed languages. Like trying
> to "export LANG=de" and starting the application. No help! it still
> displayed in English. I tried other environment variables. Finally after
> seting LC_LANG=de the application displayed a message tha "C library
> doesn't support this language, fallback to C". I tested on Mandrake 9.2
> where I had installed gtkmm 2.2.9. I get the feeling that my attempts to
> provide a new translation were ok. Just the activation of a particular
> language failed. Any comments?

export LANGUAGE=de
or
export LC_ALL=de_DE

and the equivalent for Estonian.

Chris.