Switching the language interface on Unix systems

During installation on Solaris, Linux and AIX systems, the LANG environment variable of the administrator performing the installation is evaluated and the associated value set as the default for the language interface. On HP-UX systems, English is set by default.

This value can be changed as follows:

• The openFT administrator can change the default setting with the ftlang tool. Only the setting specified via the ftlang tool is relevant for the output of the man pages on the platforms Solaris, AIX and HP-UX. On Linux systems, the German and English man pages are installed, i.e. users see the man pages in the language set for their login sessions (dependent on the LANG variable).

• Each user can change his or her own language setting using the
  OPENFTLANG environment variable. The user must enter the first two letters of the language setting in the LANG variable (de or en) and then export the environment variable.

  Example

  OPENFTLANG=de; export OPENFTLANG corresponds to (for example):
  LANG=De_DE.88591,De_DE.646,etc.

  or

  OPENFTLANG=en; export OPENFTLANG corresponds to (for example):
  LANG=En_US.ASCII,En_US.88591,etc.

The following table shows the effects of setting (or not setting) the OPENFTLANG and LANG variables:

OPENFTLANG	LANG	Result
Not set or empty	Not set or empty	Default setting
Not set or empty	Invalid value	Default setting
Not set or empty	Valid language (German or English)	Language set in LANG
Invalid value or a language that is not installed	Not evaluated	Default setting
Valid value (de or en)	Not evaluated	Language set in OPENFTLANG

The changed language setting takes effect as soon as a program such as the openFT Explorer, the openFT Editor or the shell is called again. If a program was active before the change, you must first close it and then restart it.