Language for recipe covers

rasteps · 01-14-2020, 12:11 AM

I have been looking for the answer to this question for weeks and hit a dead end.

I am using a Windows 10 64bit machine. And I have calibre set up with an English language interface, and my news feed dialog is also in English except for the days of the week. This is not a problem, except for news recipes which output the date on the cover.

I have tried setting the environment language override variable to no avail.

How can I change the news feed setting to see English dates?

kovidgoyal · 01-14-2020, 02:32 AM

date formatting uses the sytem locale not calibre interface language, since language is not quite enough information to determine how to format dates.

rasteps · 01-15-2020, 07:51 AM

Can this be overridden in anyway?

kovidgoyal · 01-15-2020, 07:57 AM

Set the locale related enviornment variables, LANG and LCALL that might work, though am not sure if it will on windows.

rasteps · 01-15-2020, 11:45 PM

I tried using the following shortcut command to launch calibre:

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c "SET LC_ALL=en_US && START /D ^"C:\Users\XXXX\Desktop\PortableApps\Calibre Portable^" calibre-portable.exe"

but the result was the same.....no joy.

kovidgoyal · 01-16-2020, 12:06 AM

Then your only option is changing the system locale.

rasteps · 01-16-2020, 12:46 AM

Okay. I took your advice and change the system locale using LC_ALL = en_US and rebooted, but there is no change .....

kovidgoyal · 01-16-2020, 12:51 AM

Your windows user interface language has to be in english, changing the envirnment variable wont do anything, since apparently env vars are not used on windows.

rasteps · 01-16-2020, 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Your windows user interface language has to be in english, changing the envirnment variable wont do anything, since apparently env vars are not used on windows.

That's what I was afraid of.... How is it that my Calibre interface is completely in English but the newsfeed part cannot be? ... Then again.. Calibre does so much. I guess it's greedy to ask for more.

Thank you for your advice. I will give up now.

01-14-2020, 12:11 AM	#1
rasteps Zealot Posts: 140 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kindle, Android phone	Language for recipe covers I have been looking for the answer to this question for weeks and hit a dead end. I am using a Windows 10 64bit machine. And I have calibre set up with an English language interface, and my news feed dialog is also in English except for the days of the week. This is not a problem, except for news recipes which output the date on the cover. I have tried setting the environment language override variable to no avail. How can I change the news feed setting to see English dates? Attached Thumbnails

01-16-2020, 12:46 AM	#7
rasteps Zealot Posts: 140 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kindle, Android phone	Okay. I took your advice and change the system locale using LC_ALL = en_US and rebooted, but there is no change ..... Attached Thumbnails

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01-14-2020, 02:32 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	date formatting uses the sytem locale not calibre interface language, since language is not quite enough information to determine how to format dates.

01-15-2020, 07:51 AM	#3
rasteps Zealot Posts: 140 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kindle, Android phone	Can this be overridden in anyway?

01-15-2020, 07:57 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Set the locale related enviornment variables, LANG and LCALL that might work, though am not sure if it will on windows.

01-15-2020, 11:45 PM	#5
rasteps Zealot Posts: 140 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kindle, Android phone	I tried using the following shortcut command to launch calibre: C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c "SET LC_ALL=en_US && START /D ^"C:\Users\XXXX\Desktop\PortableApps\Calibre Portable^" calibre-portable.exe" but the result was the same.....no joy.

01-16-2020, 12:06 AM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Then your only option is changing the system locale.

01-16-2020, 12:51 AM	#8
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Your windows user interface language has to be in english, changing the envirnment variable wont do anything, since apparently env vars are not used on windows.