Kleopatra: ignores its own language settings for the filter names
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	• ebo
	Apr 17 2025, 12:06 PM

Description

On Windows, Kleopatra ignores the language settings made in Kleopatra itself and instead seems to use the language configured for the system.

The screenshot shows the filters with English language configured in Kleopatra and Windows system language German.

Another screenshot with KF6 version and German in Kleo with EN Windows system language:

This is after restarting Kleopatra, of course.
For all filters defined in the libkleopatrarc the system language setting is used, for the others the language used is the one configured in Kleo.
Probably a kconfig issue.

Related ticket: T3733: Kleopatra, Libgpg-error: Let the GUI change the language on Windows That one is for GpgOL/EX

Details

Version: VSD 3.3.1, Gpg4win-5.0.0-beta145

Revisions and Commits

rKLEOPATRA Kleopatra
	rKLEOPATRA6b72e43e3068 Remove filter names stored in libkleopatrarc
	rKLEOPATRA4f2fc4ee9caf Do not write filter names to libkleopatrarc
	rKLEOPATRAf2afdc44ad28 Remove filter names stored in libkleopatrarc
	rKLEOPATRA22add27cc645 Do not write filter names to libkleopatrarc
rW Gpg4win
	rW3d893993fd88 kconfig: Fix reading of localized config values on Windows (and macOS)
	rW078d631dea3e kconfig: Fix reading of localized config values on Windows (and macOS)

Related Objects

Mentioned Here: T3733: Kleopatra, Libgpg-error: Let the GUI change the language on Windows

Event Timeline

• ebo triaged this task as Normal priority.Apr 17 2025, 12:06 PM

• ebo created this task.

• ikloecker claimed this task.Jun 25 2025, 9:57 AM

• ikloecker moved this task from Backlog to WIP on the gpd5x board.

• ikloecker added a commit: rKLEOPATRA22add27cc645: Do not write filter names to libkleopatrarc.Jun 26 2025, 3:36 PM

• ikloecker added a commit: rKLEOPATRAf2afdc44ad28: Remove filter names stored in libkleopatrarc.

• ikloecker added a commit: rW078d631dea3e: kconfig: Fix reading of localized config values on Windows (and macOS).Jun 30 2025, 2:58 PM

• ikloecker changed the task status from Open to Testing.Jun 30 2025, 4:49 PM

• ebo moved this task from WIP to QA on the gpd5x board.Jul 14 2025, 5:59 PM

Looks good to me on gpg4win-5.0.0-beta345 @ win10

Kleopatra: EN, Windows: DE

• ebo updated the task description. (Show Details)Jul 25 2025, 2:37 PM

• ebo added a project: vsd34.Wed, Aug 20, 3:56 PM

• ikloecker added a commit: rKLEOPATRA4f2fc4ee9caf: Do not write filter names to libkleopatrarc.Wed, Aug 20, 4:44 PM

• ikloecker added a commit: rKLEOPATRA6b72e43e3068: Remove filter names stored in libkleopatrarc.

Backported for VSD 3.4

Hint for testing: Instead of changing the language in Kleopatra (make sure to reset this to default) also try to change the "Windows display language" in Windows's Language settings. I think it's more likely that the customers change this setting instead of just the setting in Kleopatra.
Note: Changing the Preferred language (for apps and websites) in Windows's Language settings doesn't seem to have an effect on Kleopatra (from Gpg4win 4/VSD 3.x), but that's okay because it's ignored for all texts.

• ikloecker added a commit: rW3d893993fd88: kconfig: Fix reading of localized config values on Windows (and macOS).Thu, Aug 21, 10:07 AM