Hi Esther, Basically, the website instructions boil down to opening C:\Documents and Settings\Esther\.mnemosyne\config.py (or whatever your home directory is), and replacing the line
locale = None by locale = 'en' Good luck! Peter On Monday, October 17, 2011 04:09:38 PM Esther Carrillo wrote: > First of all, thank you everyone for your replies. I have tried to open the > site with Chrome and Internet Explorer with the same failed results. I have > also confirmed that my provider is not blocking open source software > because I can access the site that George provided and even lets me > download the software from there. But I don't want to download it again > because I know it will install itself in Japanese again, just like a few > weeks ago when I first tried. > > Nevertheless, and back to my primary issue, the reason I wanted to open the > nmemosyne site in the first place was to access the info on how to change > the language. As George indicated "By default, Mnemosyne will use the > language to which your system is set. To change this, learn about advanced > preferences". So basically I just need to know how to change the language > of the program to English. Do I have to uninstall my current Japanese > nmemosyne and reinstall somehow differently or can I do it from the > options of current installed software? > > So sorry for all this bother and so grateful for all your advice&solutions. > Esther > PS: George, where about in Japan do you live? Any chances of coming to do a > presentation on the software at the Nagoya Computer Club? > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 2:54 PM, George Wade <[email protected]>wrote: > > In that case, Esther, > > > > Try downloading a couple of different browsers and try your luck. > > Chrome, by Google should be a good fast average one. I don't know if a > > different time of day or any other influence is at work? Your provider > > boycotting free software? You may have to ask them but their answers > > are often incomprehensible to our style of thinking... Do you have a > > friendly computer store nearby? It took me 5 years to learn to converse > > with a computer store, efficiently, in Japan; but only 6 weeks to learn > > to order food at a restaurant. Can't be learned from books nor Mnemo > > Stacks...;~) Take a colleague out to coffee or to lunch and ask them how > > its done: if you dare! > > > > Do you have a live net account back in your home country? You could try > > to VPN to that and connect in the dark. > > Here is a test to see if free source is blocked ! > > http://sourceforge.net/search/ > > > > > > George > > > > > > > > On 16/10/2011 22:03, Esther Carrillo wrote: > > > > Hi George, > > Thanks for your reply. I tried your links and even typed "mnemosyne" from > > scratch in my google but still, the mnemosyne site doesn't open. Google > > and the other search engines find it without trouble but after clicking > > on the search results I receive the error: The connection has timed out. > > The server at www.mnemosyne-proj.org is taking too long to respond. I > > have also tried typing the site manually in my browser but same problem. > > This is most bizarre particularly because I am surfing the web with no > > problems and accessing all other sites. I am at a loss at what could be > > wrong with my system and this site only. > > Thanks for any ideas, > > Esther > > > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 1:15 PM, George Wade <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi Esther, > >> > >> When I clicked on the link in the mail: > >> www.mnemosyne-proj.org/help/translations.php > >> opened my default browser and the page; which showed — > >> > >> Translations > >> Available languages > >> Currently, Mnemosyne is localized in the following languages: > >> English (en) > >> Spanish (sp) > >> > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected] . > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en. -- Peter Bienstman Ghent University, Dept. of Information Technology Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, B-9000 Gent, Belgium tel: +32 9 264 34 46, fax: +32 9 264 35 93 WWW: http://photonics.intec.UGent.be email: [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en.
