[DebianGIS-dev] Bug#608723: josm: LC_CTYPE decides language used for user interface

[David Paleino]

tags 608723 confirmed
found 608723 0.0.svn3751-1
thanks

Hello Ansgar,

On Mon, 03 Jan 2011 01:01:20 +0100, Ansgar Burchardt wrote:

> When I start josm, the interface uses Japanese by defautl even though
> only LC_CTYPE is set to a Japanese locale:
> 
> $ locale
> LANG=C
> LANGUAGE=
> LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8
> LC_NUMERIC="C"
> LC_TIME="C"
> LC_COLLATE="C"
> LC_MONETARY="C"
> LC_MESSAGES="C"
> LC_PAPER="C"
> LC_NAME="C"
> LC_ADDRESS="C"
> LC_TELEPHONE="C"
> LC_MEASUREMENT="C"
> LC_IDENTIFICATION="C"
> LC_ALL=
> 
> locale(7) states that LC_MESSAGES should decide which language messages
> are displayed in, not LC_CTYPE.

I'd include LANG, LANGUAGE and LC_ALL there as well. Am I wrong?

However, I can confirm that even just "LC_CTYPE=<locale> josm" changes its
language.

Thank you for your report, I'll work on it ASAP,
David

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