French Translation?

[Jasper Huijsmans]

On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 21:54:44 -0400
Paul Ladouceur <tipaul at look.ca> wrote:

> 
> >>And How & Where do I set this LC_ALL string? Can I do it in the
> >>.xinitrc from the XFCE4 directory???
> >>

You can try that.

> >>
> >
> >Set it in your .bashrc / .bash_profile.
> >  
> >
> OK... I've added "export LC_ALL=fr_FR"  in my .bashrc (and also
> created a .bash_profile and added the same line...to be sure).
> That didn't work!
> Seem's like setting strings like LC_ALL and BROWSER didn't work at 
> all... (Didn't try BROWSER but from what i've read of the other
> posts...)
> 

that worked.

> After XFCE4 has started, i've checked  "env"  in  my terminal and  it 
> returns  LC_ALL=fr_FR... So the environment is set allright...
> 

If it's set in the terminal that doesn't necessarily mean it is set in
the XFce environment as well. Do you start from a display manager?

Just to check you can start xfce4-panel from the terminal and the right
click menus should be in French.

> Do the french language is included in the RCx releases??? (I have RC1 
> right now and i'll be installing the RC2 today or tomorrow..)
> 

Yes it is.

> Thanks for the help...
> I think i'm not alone in this "environment" thing... I know, it's easy
> to set, but when we obtain no good results, it's a little bit 
> frustating... Sorry!
> 

Apparently it is not that easy to set ...