Bug#392854: gnome: all KDE apps are not localised correctly when started from within Gnome

[Josselin Mouette]

Le vendredi 13 octobre 2006 à 22:57 +0200, Michael Schmitt a écrit :
> Package: gnome
> Version: 1:2.14.3.2
> Severity: important
> 
> Hi folks!
> 
> My system is german but somehow KDE shows Gnome apps in english and Gnome shows
> KDE apps in english. I switch between KDE and Gnome regularly and use apps from
> both worlds in both desktop environments so this is somehow very annoying. For
> convinience reasons, I use gdm and its features to start KDE and Gnome session
> from withing it in a flexible way so I assume trying to fix this on my own with
> an adequate ~/.Xsession does not work very well.
> I would expect a user sets his prefered language _once_ (via $LANG for
> example) and that should reflect on both worlds without a hassle. Overriding
> those global settings with environment-specific settings could be optional.

You should check the LANG environment variable in both environments. I'm
pretty sure that standard locales are the only thing GNOME uses, so if
they're set correctly from the KDE environment, GNOME applications
should start localized.
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