Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] On which platforms is there a need for Wireshark to have a "Language" preference

[Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Nov 6, 2014, at 1:35 AM, Michal Labedzki <michal.labedzki@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> In what ways is it used that its disappearance would be a big loss rather than, at most, a minor loss?
> 
> For me: big loss
> 
> How to inform user that Wireshark support some translations if you
> remove user choose of it?

Presumably you mean "inform the user which, of the languages that the OS offers, Wireshark does and doesn't support", as the OS presumably offers a set of languages in a system-wide configuration GUI, e.g. the "Language and Text" pane in the System Preferences application in OS X, the "Locale" pane in "System Settings" in KDE, and the "Region and Language" pane in the Control Panel in Windows 7.

> It will be big problem for users.
> 
> I check some applications:
> assistant, designer works in Guy Harris mode, but more advanced like
> Qt Creator (https://qt-project.org/doc/qtcreator-2.6/creator-faq.html),
> Firefox let user choose language.

So is having a per-application language setting, over and above the system language setting, common?

If so, on what platforms is it common?

> See how do that Pidgin:
> https://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/Using%20Pidgin#HowdoesPidginforWindowsdeterminewhichlanguagetouse
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> How do I change the language of Pidgin?
> 
> For the user who installed Pidgin, the language selected during
> installation will be the default. This can be overridden by setting
> the PIDGINLANG environment variable (for example, PIDGINLANG=de). If
> neither of these are specified, it will fall back to the default
> Windows user locale setting.

How often do Pidgin users use anything other than the Windows user locale setting?

> In my opinion this is not easy! Wireshark current solution is much better.
> Please note that I use English Wireshark, when Polish translation will
> be available I will use it on my English Ubuntu,

Would you use Polish as part of the process of developing the translation?  Why would you use English for other applications and Polish for Wireshark?

> but in home I want to
> use Italian Wireshark and sometimes Polish/English. Set language in
> GUI is really helpful.

Is the ability to set the language on a *per-application* basis, rather than on a system-wide basis, really helpful to very many users?