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Environment variables for locales @@ -215,6 +215,23 @@ automatically install it when needed.

+There is also additional localisation variable called LINGUAS, which affects +to localisation files that get installed in gettext-based programs, and decides +used localisation for some specific software packages, such as +kde-base/kde-i18n and app-office/openoffice. The variable +takes in space-separated list of language codes, and suggested +place to set it is /etc/make.conf: +

+ +

+# nano -w /etc/make.conf
+(Add in the LINGUAS variable. For instance, 
+for German, Finnish and English:)
+LINGUAS="de fi en"
+

+ +

@@ -332,19 +349,10 @@

-For KDE you have to install the kde-i18n package with the appropriate -LINGUAS variable set: +For KDE you have to install the kde-base/kde-i18n package. Kde-i18n +respects LINGUAS variable described earlier.

-# nano -w /etc/make.conf
-(Add in the LINGUAS variable. For instance, for the German language:)
-LINGUAS="de"
-
-(Now install kde-i18n)
-# emerge kde-i18n
-

@@ -439,31 +447,23 @@

-Language for OpenOffice.org +OpenOffice.Org - -Customized default language is not available for openoffice-bin ebuild. The -default language in the openoffice-bin is ENUS. - -

-Please note that this package now uses the LINGUAS variable to -provide localization. The old LANGUAGE=ENUS|PORT system does not work -anymore. The default language for OpenOffice.org is set as "US English". If you -wish to change the default language for OpenOffice.org, check the ebuild for the -default language code. +The current app-office/openoffice (or -ximian) source ebuilds +support LINGUAS variable for selecting installed +GUI language packs. The current stable +app-office/openoffice-bin binary ebuilds do not yet +support LINGUAS variable, however, so in order to use localised OpenOffice.Org +you must either install the source version, or, with your discretion, the +unstable binary version. To see status of GUI translation, +hyphenation, spell checking and other localisations on your language, please +refer to +OpenOffice.Org +localisation web site.

-# nano -w /etc/make.conf
-(Add in the LINGUAS variable. For instance, for the German and English language:)
-LINGUAS="de en"
-
-(Now install openoffice)
-# emerge openoffice
-