Branch: refs/heads/master Author: nomadbyte nomadbyte@users.noreply.github.com Committer: GitHub noreply@github.com Date: Sat, 23 May 2020 11:42:38 UTC Commit: dd5c8cbf02537420bf88fe623e96c3ef61e06e8e https://github.com/geany/www.geany.org/commit/dd5c8cbf02537420bf88fe623e96c3...
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## How can I change the language of the user interface?
-On Windows: Download https://download.geany.org/contrib/geany_english.bat -and put it into the `bin` subdirectory in the folder where you have Geany installed, -next to Geany.exe. Then open the file, edit the line `set LANG=C` and replace C -with your the language code of your locale (e.g. 'nl for Dutch, 'pt_BR' for -'Portuguese Brazilian'). Save the file and execute it. It should start Geany -with the desired language assuming there is an exising translation. +On Windows: The easiest way is to change the Geany shortcut that was created +during the installation. It is recommended to create a copy of the Geany +shortcut for the desired UI language. + +To force English (`en`) UI language, for example, right-click on Geany shortcut +to open the Shortcut Properties dialog and in the `Target` field put: + +``` + cmd.exe /c "set ^"LANG=en^" & start /D ^"C:\installed-path\Geany\bin^" geany.exe" +``` + +Adjust the `C:\installed-path\Geany` according to your Geany installation. +Take care to put the `^"` (carrot-quote) as shown. This is the way to escape +the quotes-within-the-quotes. There is a blank space before `geany.exe`. + +Optionally, click on `Change Icon ...` and browse to the Geany installation +folder, then to the Geany executable file: `bin\geany.exe`. Click on the +"Magic Lamp" icon. + +Accept the Property changes; if Windows requires, confirm as Administrator. +In general, this could be also done on user-level without need for +Administrator rights. + +Alternatively, you may download https://download.geany.org/contrib/geany_english.bat +and put it into the `bin` subdirectory in the folder where you have Geany installed, +next to Geany.exe. Then open the file, edit the line `set LANG=C` and replace C +with your the language code of your locale (e.g. 'nl for Dutch, 'pt_BR' for +'Portuguese Brazilian'). Save the file and execute it. It should start Geany +with the desired language assuming there is an existing translation. See also the [list of available translations][6].
On non-Windows systems: Simply start Geany like this:
`LANG=C geany`
-and of course, change "C" to your language code (see above) or set +and of course, change "C" to your language code (see above) or set your locale specific environment variables accordingly.
+If your system supports launcher shortcuts (for example, `.desktop` files), +then Geany's shortcut can be updated (created a new one) to add the `LANG` +setting as shown above. In case of `.desktop` files, this usually goes into +the `Exec` line. +
## I get build errors after updating from Git, why?
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