I didn't know you could use 'open' in that way, but it looks like it should work.
On the other hand, have you tried using -AppleLanguages? This works for me (on Big Sur): /System/Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit -AppleLanguages '(fr)' & Just make sure that TextEdit.app isn't open yet. -Carl > On Aug 26, 2021, at 5:13 PM, Jean-Christophe Helary > <[email protected]> wrote: > > man open gives the following example: > > open --env MallocStackLogging=YES -b com.apple.TextEdit > > I tried with LANG or LC_MESSAGES and that did not seem to make any difference: > > open --env LC_MESSAGES="fr_FR.UTF-8" -b com.apple.TextEdit > > So I was wondering if I was missing something obvious or if that were even > possible. > > -- > Jean-Christophe Helary @brandelune > https://mac4translators.blogspot.com > https://sr.ht/~brandelune/omegat-as-a-book/ > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] https://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
