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Localisation #698 on PlayOnMac

No easy way to change language

Added by pbe00 on 2012-03-18 09:19:52 - Comment or update this ticket

Statut:

Won't fix

Priority:

Normal

Assigned to:

Nobody

Last update:

2012-11-19 16:36:14

Description, steps to reproduce:

Automatic language chooser makes Application different language than OS X and is very hard to use because of wrong language. There appears to be no way to choose correct language, which is different from my calendar setting and same as my os language.

History

Update by Quentin PÂRIS on 2012-03-18 14:59:01

I don't understand what is the difference with another program?

Update by pbe00 on 2012-03-18 17:30:04

Good point. Well, I think many programs have an option to change the default language. It could also be that some of my settings are wrong but PlayOnMac is the only app that has a wrong language.

Update by Quentin PÂRIS on 2012-03-18 22:30:11

What is your system language, and what is PlayOnMac one?

Update by pbe00 on 2012-03-19 09:45:18

My system language is English but PlayOnMac uses Finnish.

My calendar has Finnish setting because I live in Finland and find it easier for me to use. I natively speak Finnish, but I am having hard time understanding translations in computer applications. I have never used Finnish in computer applications.

Update by Quentin PÂRIS on 2012-03-19 17:20:04

Can you type in a terminal

Terminal output:

defaults read -g AppleLocale

Update by pbe00 on 2012-03-19 17:22:03

Sure. By the way, thanks for all your effort for this! Command "defaults read -g AppleLocale" results in
fi_FI

Update by Quentin PÂRIS on 2012-03-19 18:31:50

That explains it.

A way to solve the problem, is to open the file /Applications/PlayOnMac.app/Contents/MacOS/playonmac with a text editor and replace

CurrentLocale="$(defaults read -g AppleLocale)"

with

CurrentLocale="en_US"

Update by pbe00 on 2012-03-19 18:49:16

After that PlayOnMac is partly English but most of it remains in Finnish. I also tried removing configuration folder from ~/Library/ with same result.

Update by Quentin PÂRIS on 2012-03-19 19:10:40

Can you give example of untranslated strings?

Update by pbe00 on 2012-03-19 20:16:24

Menu on top left says in English: PlayOnMac -> About, Preferences, Quit

Other menus are in Finnish (my translation is in parenthesis):
Tiedosto (File) -> Suorita (Execute), Asenna (Install), Poista (Remove), Lahjoita (Donate)

In settings there is "Sekalaista" (Misc) in Finnish and it has Mouse wrap override in English.

Choosing "Pikakuvake" (Shortcut) menu button an English dialog is displayed with text "Welcome to PlayOnMac packager" etc.

Update by pbe00 on 2012-03-19 20:19:05

Btw, "Welcome to PlayOnMac packager" dialog has Finnish buttons "Seuraava" (Next) and "Peruuta" (Cancel).

When quitting a Finnish dialog is displayed "Oletko varma että haluat sulkea kaikki PlayOnMac ikkunat?" (Are you sure you want to close all PlayOnMac windows?)
And the buttons are in English: "No" and "Yes"

Update by Quentin PÂRIS on 2012-03-19 22:19:00

OK, it seems that only bash strings are in english, so it seems to be a wxpython bug

You could try

Terminal output:

defaults write -g AppleLocale en_US

but I don't know what will be the consequences on your calendar

Update by pbe00 on 2012-03-20 05:53:29

Yes, this command fixes the issue. It also changes the whole system locale and my calendar changes to US calendar.

So in conclusion, to override PlayOnMac automatic language detection one has to run "defaults write -g AppleLocale xx_XX" in terminal before the application is launched and "defaults write -g AppleLocale yy_YY" after closing it.

I think this at least proves my original point. Thanks for you kind help anyway!