Re: On which platforms is there a need for Wireshark to have a "Language" preference?

[Bálint Réczey <balint () balintreczey hu>]

Hi Pascal,

2014-11-05 11:30 GMT+01:00 Pascal Quantin <pascal.quantin () gmail com>:
> 2014-11-05 11:12 GMT+01:00 Michal Labedzki <michal.labedzki () tieto com>:
> > > Please run "LC_ALL=it_IT wireshark"
> >
> > Does it work on Windows? I do not remember to know anyone GUI
> > application without option to change language by GUI. Do you know how
> > to change locale after running application? (QEvent::LocaleChange ?)
> > If this is not possible then dynamic change application language will
> > be lost.
>
>
> +1. Most software I use allow me to manually override the language without
> messing with the environment variables. And here we are talking about a
> functionality we already have. Removing it would be a big loss in my
> opinion.
If it is important for many many users, I'm OK with keeping it.

Cheers,
Balint

> > > The less code we maintain the better we can do it.
> >
> > This is only true in case that we do not lose any feature (or user
> > experience)
> >
> > On 5 November 2014 10:52, Bálint Réczey <balint () balintreczey hu> wrote:
> > > Hi Dario,
> > >
> > > 2014-11-05 9:31 GMT+01:00 Dario Lombardo <dario.lombardo.ml () gmail com>:
> > > > Hi Guy
> > > > The answer is yes. I live in italy, but I use linux in english. I
> > > > switch to
> > > > en or it for the specific purpose of the moment. With auto-detect I
> > > > could't
> > > > do that. For my daily use I switch to EN. To develop/test wireshark
> > > > italian
> > > > translation I switch to IT.
> > > >
> > > > I don't know if this scenario applies to others, but for me getting rid
> > > > of a
> > > > functionality that is still in place is not a good approach.
> > > It sounds like a very atypical use-case.
> > > Please run "LC_ALL=it_IT wireshark" instead of asking the project to
> > > keep the language-switching feature.
> > > The less code we maintain the better we can do it.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Balint
> > >
> > > > Have a nice day.
> > > > Dario.
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 8:34 PM, Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu> wrote:
> > > > > I.e., are there reasons, on any platforms, to set the Language
> > > > > preference
> > > > > to anything other than Auto-Detect?  As far as I know, on all
> > > > > supported
> > > > > platforms (Windows, OS X, UN*Xes other than OS X) the Qt system locale
> > > > > gets
> > > > > the locale information from the appropriate place on the OS.  Is there
> > > > > ever
> > > > > a need to override your global language setting?
> > > > >
> > > > >
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