A new user on Facebook is asking how to switch the default language on the PortableApps for Windows. (In his case, he is asking how to add the Italian GUI .) I know neither where to look in the PortableApps version to determine if all languages were pre-installed [yes, they were all pre-installed], n…

The Italian user left out some information about trying GrampsPortable to run in his language. He ran the Installer, selected Italian but Gramps still ran in English. I did some experiments and came up with the following: Even though Italian was chosen from the pop-up menu in the Installer, GrampsP…

In addition, are the Help button target URLs language aware? Alternately, if a user registers as a WikiContributor, sets their language and uses the option to keep themselves logged in; does the Wiki forward them to their native language if a translation exists for the landing page?

It is not possible to add a language to a live installation without using the installer. Part of the install process involves generating a *.mo file from the *.po files, done programmatically. So there is nothing to copy on Github. The dict files are also difficult, you would have to find the fil…

[image] prculley: It would be easier in both cases to do an install of Gramps, somewhere else, and then find and copy the files to the desired installation. A lot of work, when you could just rerun the installer. Ouch. Re-running the installer won’t be an option. The PortableApps installati…

The ‘locale’ is a Linux command, used to determine the currently installed languages of Linux. The rest of the wiki page describes how to use the LANG, LANGUAGE environment variables which can be preset in a command line in Linux that starts Gramps to select an alternate run language. We sometimes…

[image] prculley: We sometimes use an alternate shortcut in Windows that does the same thing, presetting these env variables as we start Gramps. see Gramps 5.1 Wiki Manual - Settings - Gramps That is a messy way to do it, idealy it sould be added an setting in gramps that change the language…

It still remains outstanding to determine how to configure GrampsPortable to prefer the Italian it_IT.dic and it_IT.aff files. They are in the following folder: G:\GrampsPortable\App\Gramps\share\enchant\myspell-all It seems like they should be in: G:\GrampsPortable\App\Gramps\share\enchant\myspe…

[image] emyoulation: So I looked at the various settings files. In the [Language] section of the GrampsPortable.ini settings file, the “ DefaultIfNotExists= ” was still set to “ en_US ” (English, USA dialect). Searched for something that resembled Italian in the files and found it was labeled “ i…

I’ll have to do some more experimentation. Changing the GUI language manually isn’t a 'deal breaker’s problem. But the Dictionary not switching too is worrisome. And the dictionaries only list about 16 languages (including UK & US English dialects) … even though there are more than 30 installer La…

[image] PLegoux: After my test , I’ve tried this with fr_FR and Gramps works in french but not the dictionary which is still in english Could you try copying the French .dic & .aff files from the following GrampsPortable subfolder: ..\GrampsPortable\App\Gramps\share\enchant\myspell-all Intu…

Dictonnary works fine after copying fr_FR .aff and .dic files

How do I change the GrampsPortable (Windows) Language?

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After my test, I’ve tryied this with fr_FR and Gramps works in french but not the dictionary wich is still in english

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How do I change the GrampsPortable (Windows) Language?

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