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0022574LazarusIDEpublic2012-08-04 19:142012-08-12 22:51
ReporterSilvio Clécio 
Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityfeatureReproducibilityhave not tried
StatusnewResolutionopen 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product VersionProduct Build 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0022574: IDE - Change language in the installation
DescriptionHi,

1. For all countries, the setup option selected by default would be English;
2. If you change the language in the installation, the installer will call the IDE at least once with the parameter of translation (eg. --language=pt_BR);

See the suggestion here:

http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/pipermail/lazarus/2012-August/075373.html [^]

See the start of the topic here:

http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/pipermail/lazarus/2012-August/075348.html [^]

Thanks,
Tagsenvironmentoptions.xml, installer, Language
Fixed in Revision
LazTarget-
Widgetset
Attached Filesdiff file icon DefaultEnglish.diff [^] (1,442 bytes) 2012-08-12 14:49 [Show Content]

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-  Notes
(0061423)
Martin Friebe (manager)
2012-08-04 20:23

 This would also change an existing installation (update). And the IDE knows more language, than the installer.

Also someone might install, with the intend to use the installation with a --primary-config-path= and calling the IDE from the installer would then access the wrong config.

IMHO, it will be better to put the
    <Language ID="xx"/>
into the environmentsoptions.xml in the install-dest-dir. This is used as template, if no config exists yet.
(0061457)
Martin Friebe (manager)
2012-08-07 03:20

 Giving it some further thought. Having different installers on diff platforms will mean that using the installer for this, duplicates work and/or limits the feature to individual platforms.

Better to be implemented in the IDE, if no existing config is found the IDE could show such a dialog.

Alternative a language selection tool can be written. This can also be run on any platform. It could be started from the installer.
(0061469)
Swen Heinig (developer)
2012-08-07 11:17

 I can't agree to the suggestion by Silvio. If a translation is available, it should be used.
(0061480)
geni (reporter)
2012-08-07 14:54

 +1
Language should be used.
otherwise, the whole work of translation was not used to anything.
(0061483)
Martin Friebe (manager)
2012-08-07 16:30

 Please use the mailinglist for discussion and opinions
(0061590)
Reinier Olislagers (developer)
2012-08-12 14:48

 @Martin Friebe 2012-08-04 20:23: having a <Language ID="xx"/> setting in the secondary config dir environmentoptions.xml seems to make sense:
- this setting can be enabled in the default/skeleton environmentoptions.xml with setting English
- installers can set/change this value based if a user tells it to
- existing configs in primary config dirs will not be changed... which is as it should be as the user has presumably already chosen/accepted a language.
- if this setting doesn't exist in the primary config environmentoptions.xml, the secondary one will be used -> default English. ok.

I hope the attached patch DefaultEnglish.xml fixes the environmentoptions.xml; Note: I could only find environmentoptions.xml in the Windows, Linux and OSX installer directories... if there's some meta-environmentoptions.xml in the source, I've missed it.

Of course, after applying this patch, the installers would need to be updated to allow changing these defaults (or accept that a user has to change the options via settings which would be less friendly)
(0061597)
Bart Broersma (developer)
2012-08-12 20:17

 > Better to be implemented in the IDE, if no existing config is found the IDE
> could show such a dialog.

If we cannot implement it cross-platform in the installer, this would be a next-best solution IMO.
(0061599)
Maxim Ganetsky (developer)
2012-08-12 20:55

 > If we cannot implement it cross-platform in the installer

This is plain impossible, because we don't have single cross-platform installer.
IMO this should be implemented in Initial Setup IDE dialog.
(0061604)
Martin Friebe (manager)
2012-08-12 22:51

 There are still to many opinions. Using the bug tracker to discuss them is not the right option.

I started a topic on the mailing list. Please join there.

- Issue History
Date Modified Username Field Change
2012-08-04 19:14 Silvio Clécio New Issue
2012-08-04 19:18 Silvio Clécio Note Added: 0061420
2012-08-04 19:52 Maxim Ganetsky LazTarget => -
2012-08-04 19:52 Maxim Ganetsky Description Updated
2012-08-04 19:53 Maxim Ganetsky Note Deleted: 0061420
2012-08-04 20:23 Martin Friebe Note Added: 0061423
2012-08-07 03:20 Martin Friebe Note Added: 0061457
2012-08-07 11:17 Swen Heinig Note Added: 0061469
2012-08-07 14:54 geni Note Added: 0061480
2012-08-07 16:30 Martin Friebe Note Added: 0061483
2012-08-12 14:48 Reinier Olislagers Note Added: 0061590
2012-08-12 14:49 Reinier Olislagers File Added: DefaultEnglish.diff
2012-08-12 14:49 Reinier Olislagers Tag Attached: Language
2012-08-12 14:49 Reinier Olislagers Tag Attached: environmentoptions.xml
2012-08-12 14:49 Reinier Olislagers Tag Attached: installer
2012-08-12 20:17 Bart Broersma Note Added: 0061597
2012-08-12 20:55 Maxim Ganetsky Note Added: 0061599
2012-08-12 22:51 Martin Friebe Note Added: 0061604

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