[Github-comments] [geany/geany] No localization in Windows version (#2831)

[Enrico Tröger]

> > I can't find how to change the IDE language **from Arabic** to English, **it selected depending my system** (Windows here)
> 
> No `LANG` set, the UI is _Arabic_, not English.
> 
> > 08:12:31: Geany INFO		: Geany 1.37, English_United States.1252
> > 15:04:33: Geany INFO : Geany 1.37.1, German_Germany.1252
> 
> No `LANG` set, yet locale is detected and UI language selected appropriately.
> 
> It is clear that Geany used the user-selected locale in Windows, until somebody broke it. It is a bug and should be fixed.

I don't get what of the above information is from your system and what is copied from elsewhere or do you use German, English and Arabic at the same time?

Anyway, I probably cannot help much here as I don't have access to a Windows system currently. I also don't remember there were changes between 1.37 and 1.37.1 which could explain any language related changes.

Apart from the detail problem here, let's remember that this project is driven by volunteers and reporting a bug or missing feature is fine but demanding support or implementing all wishes is not possible. Especially support for the Windows operating system is difficult. None of the developers and regular contributors is using this operating system.
Furthermore, remember, Windows is a proprietary OS and not free. So it is also harder for people to use it, to develop for it and to support it. Again, this project is driven by volunteers which try to help users as much as they can but there is no claim that any problem can be solved.

You might consider to value the fact there is a Windows build of Geany provided at all. This is just extra work for us, it requires additional resources, it complicates and slows down the release process and it also complicates development of new features in Geany. We did it anyway to help you, the users. I just kindly ask for some sympathy for the work we invest, in our spare time.

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