[Eric] How to set/reset GUI language preference

Mike Morris mike at musicplace.com
Tue May 8 00:50:04 BST 2018


OK... I had not realized that there were 2 different locations for eric 
preferences:

 1. ~/.config/eric6
 2. ~/Eric6

not sure why there are both locations, but I found the Language pref in 
~/Eric6/eric6prefs.ini.




On 05/07/2018 11:23 AM, Mike Morris wrote:
>
> I just noticed error messages in my "Sprechen Sie Deutsch?", "Nein, 
> NEIN!" problem...
>
> Upon startup, the Console shows:
>
>     mikem at othala:~$ eric6
>     QApplication: invalid style override passed, ignoring it.
>     *Warning: translation file 'qt_de'could not be loaded.*
>     Using default.
>
> and in the Eric GUI:
>
>     *Warning: translation file 'git_de' could not be loaded.*
>     Using default.
>
> Note the difference between "qt_de" and "git_de".
>
> Does this help anyone with more knowledge of qt to know what's wrong?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> MikeM
>
>
>
>
> On 05/06/2018 08:24 PM, Mike Morris wrote:
>> After a crash, my eric6 is now in German rather than my default English.
>>
>> FYI: I'm on Ubuntu 16.04 linux, 64 bit with eric6 18.05 recently 
>> installed (from tarball).
>>
>> I don't see any language setting in Preferences at all... so I've 
>> tried to figure out how Qt might be affecting it, but I know nothing 
>> of it, so no progress there.
>>
>> I've completely removed my ".eric6" prefs directory, and my most 
>> recent project directory as well. (Just renaming them out of the 
>> way...) but no help.
>>
>> The only way I've gotten it to startup in English again is by logging 
>> in as a different user.
>>
>> Any pointers greatly appreciated!
>>
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