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= How can I launch Scribus in my language? = | = How can I launch Scribus in my language? = | ||
From the command line you can run the following commands:<br> | |||
scribus -la | |||
scribus --langs-available | |||
This will give you a list of the language abbreviations and associated languages currently installed with Scribus. | |||
You may then start Scribus using 5 methods to select a language, in the following order of predecence: | |||
#Run either of the following commands, where the language_abbreviation is from the list you generated above. | |||
scribus -l language_abbreviation | |||
scribus --lang language_abbreviation | |||
#Set the LC_ALL environment variable and run Scribus | |||
#Set the LC_MESSAGES environment variable and run Scribus | |||
#Set the LANG environment variable and run Scribus | |||
#Let Scribus detect the Qt locale and run Scribus | |||
In the case where your system has 2 or 3 of the above environment variables defined Scribus will use the first in the list above. Using the command line option of -l/--lang overrides the rest of the choices. | |||
Scribus '''1.3''' also has an option in user preferences which falls after the command line option in precedence. |
Revision as of 10:11, 5 February 2005
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How can I launch Scribus in my language?
From the command line you can run the following commands:
scribus -la scribus --langs-available
This will give you a list of the language abbreviations and associated languages currently installed with Scribus.
You may then start Scribus using 5 methods to select a language, in the following order of predecence:
- Run either of the following commands, where the language_abbreviation is from the list you generated above.
scribus -l language_abbreviation scribus --lang language_abbreviation
- Set the LC_ALL environment variable and run Scribus
- Set the LC_MESSAGES environment variable and run Scribus
- Set the LANG environment variable and run Scribus
- Let Scribus detect the Qt locale and run Scribus
In the case where your system has 2 or 3 of the above environment variables defined Scribus will use the first in the list above. Using the command line option of -l/--lang overrides the rest of the choices.
Scribus 1.3 also has an option in user preferences which falls after the command line option in precedence.