don't know whether this will help.
from http://www.abisource.com/help/en-US/problems/problemsfaq.html
AbiWord FAQ
1. Languages and Internationalization
1.1 How do I change Languages in AbiWord?
AbiWord can work with menus and strings translated into many different languages by
configuring the system properly:
In Windows, go to Control Panel->Regional Settings, and select a locale.
In a Unix based system, use something like this (using bash):
export LANG=sv_SE
unset LC_ALL
in your .profile
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Raphael Finkel)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 08:57:39 -0400
Subject: internationalization: I can't get it to work
I must be doing something wrong; I can't see my internationalization of menus.
This is what I have done.
1. I built built parts of a Yiddish yi-YI.po file in abi/po.
2. I ran ui-backport.pl yi-YI.
3. In the installed directory (/usr/local/share/AbiSuite/AbiWord/), I
built a system profile for Yiddish, with contents:
<SystemDefaults
DocumentLocale="yi-YI"
RulerUnits="inch"
DefaultPageSize="Letter"
/>
This file is in each of the following three files: system.profile-yi,
system.profile-yi-YI, system.profile-yi-YI.utf-8. I got debugging-output
errors from AbiWord unless I had all of them.
3. In my startup script, I call AbiWord having first set environment variables
LANG=yi_YI.utf-8, LOCALE=yi_YI
4. The debugging AbiWord tells me some good news and some bad news:
DEBUG: EncodingManager reports the following:
NativeEncodingName is utf-8, LanguageISOName is yi,
Native8BitEncodingName is utf-8,
LanguageISOTerritory is YI, fallbackchar is '?'
DEBUG: Prefs: Using LOCALE info from environment [en-US]
DEBUG: CreateMenuLabelSet: szLanguage_ en-US, szLanguage en-US
5. I see no Yiddish in any menu.
What is missing?
Raphael Finkel
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