[Cin] Request: Language settings

[Phyllis Smith]

Gerd,
Thanks for the feedback and the suggestion which we will put in for the end
of the month builds.

On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 12:32 PM Gerd + Beatrix Elgert via Cin <
cin at lists.cinelerra-gg.org> wrote:

> Phyllis,
>
> Checked the tarball. Language settings are placed in the menu exactly at
> the spot you would look for them. They work perfect on my system.
>
> For the finished version I would suggest calling it simply "language"
> instead of "locale", so that everybody who randomly flips through the menus
> will instantly know, what you mean by this.
>
> Thank you very much. Gerd
> Am 10.08.20 um 03:16 schrieb Phyllis Smith via Cin:
>
> Gerd,
> Language settings has now been added and checked into GIT.  A Mint20
> static tar for testing is available at:
>
>
> https://cinelerra-gg.org/download/testing/cinelerra-5.1-mint20-x86_64-static.txz
>
> It is easy to use the pulldown Settings->Preferences, Appearance tab in
> the left hand corner "Locale".  The default is "sys" and if you still want
> to use the LANGUAGE environment variable, it must be set to that.  But in
> your case, it sounds like you want to set it to "eng" and that will be
> saved in your Configuration and used each time you start up CinGG.  If
> problems or you want a small change, please provide feedback.  Thanks for
> your suggestion !  GG/Phyllis
>
> On Sun, Aug 2, 2020 at 3:53 AM Gerd + Beatrix Elgert via Cin <
> cin at lists.cinelerra-gg.org> wrote:
>
>> Phyllis,
>>
>> the new mint package installs perfect. Thank you all.
>>
>> My only REQUEST for some time in the future: Could you add an additional
>> tab for language settings in the preferences - like in the animation
>> program Krita?
>>
>> My system is set up in German and I constantly need to switch between
>> German and English to make full use of the excellent English tutorials
>> which are out there. (I have been using Cinelerra since 2008. But with
>> new technologies and equipment I am constantly testing and learning)
>>
>> At the moment I have to start CIN in the terminal to make it load the
>> English language at start. That does it for me, but it is not an elegant
>> solution. Have a look at Krita.
>>
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