Re: How to set a language's default locale

El diumenge, 12 d=E2=80=99abril del 2026, a les 0:04:14 (Hora d=E2=80=99est=
iu d=E2=80=99Europa=20
central), Alexander Becker va escriure:
> Good evening, Charlotte!
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>    > Currently, when trying to load the language "Gaeilge" (ga), KDE is
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> trying to use the "ga_IE.UTF-8 at euro" locale by default in
> `~/.config/plasma-localerc`, which doesn't exist in glibc.

~/.config/plasma-localerc is set by the Region and Language module of syste=
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settings.

There seems to be quite some bugs in that module sadly and it is setting th=
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wrong locale (i just tested it and it set the wrong locale for me).

I will try to have a look at the code and fix it but you may want to report=
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bug report.

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> 1. Are you sure "Gaeilge" is correct,
> https://l10n.kde.org/stats/gui/stable-kf6/team/ga/ says "Irish Gaelic (ga=
)".

Gaeilge is "Irish" in "Irish"

Cheers,
  Alber

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> 2. Why do you think your locale is not supported by glibc?
>     git clone https://sourceware.org/git/glibc.git
>     cd glibc
>     git log | grep ga_IE
>     =3D> here I could see both ga_IE and ga_IE@euro locales
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>    > which doesn't exist in glibc. Due to this, a lot of programs don't
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> work or produce errors when trying to run a system in the language.
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> 3. I have tried locally in konsole:
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>    LANGUAGE=3Dga gwenview
>    LANGUAGE=3Dga_IE gwenview
>    LANGUAGE=3Dga_IE@euro gwenview
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>    Or for flatpak versions of apps:
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>    flatpak config --set extra-languages ga
>    flatpak config --list
>    flatpak update
>    LANGUAGE=3Dga flatpak run org.kde.kate
>    LANGUAGE=3Dga_IE flatpak run org.kde.kate
>    LANGUAGE=3Dga_IE@euro flatpak run org.kde.kate
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>    =E2=86=92 In all variants I could see strings in your language and no =
errors.
> Which errors do you have (locale related)?
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> By the way: If you want to test newest translation which is not yet part
> of an application (e. g. Dolphin) you could do following:
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>    msgfmt dolphin.po -o dolphin.mo
>    mkdir -p ~/.local/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES
>    cp dolphin.mo ~/.local/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES
>    # start Dolphin and check new translated strings
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> I hope it will help you and your team.
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> Best regards
> Alexander