I just want every application to remember the language it used last. E.g. terminal uses English, I switch to Browser and switch language to Russian, then switch to terminal and have English there (not the Russian that was set in browser)?If you go to System Preferences -> Language & Text -> Input Sources, you should have the option to "Allow a different one for each document" under Input source options.
Language per application
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Language per application
Is there a way to do the following in Mint (like in Ubuntu)
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Re: Language per application
I can't even think of an application that lets you pick a language, unless maybe Libre Office allows that.
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Re: Language per application
It's possible alright. For example, in my Dutch localized system I can launch an app in US English with this terminal command (example involving text editor Xed):
Modify the command according to your installed languages of preference.
Of course you can also make a dedicated launcher that contains the language command, to make it even easier for the future. The extreme tweakability of Linux is lovable.
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env LANGUAGE=en_US xedOf course you can also make a dedicated launcher that contains the language command, to make it even easier for the future. The extreme tweakability of Linux is lovable.
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Re: Language per application
(Please specify the desktop environment next time.)
In Cinnamon, go to Keyboard > Layouts > Allow different layouts for individual windows
In Mate, go to Keyboard > Layouts > Separate layout for each window
In Xfce, right click on Panel > Panel > Add New Items... > Keyboard Layouts (Yeah, extremely unintuitive but the presence and absence of that country flag change the keyboard switching from global to per window and vice versa)
But if your languages are implemented in the form of IME by "Input Method"...
For iBus, go to iBus Preferences > Advanced > (uncheck) Share the same input method among all applications
For Fcitx, go to Fcitx Configuration > Global Config > Share State Among Window: No
In Cinnamon, go to Keyboard > Layouts > Allow different layouts for individual windows
In Mate, go to Keyboard > Layouts > Separate layout for each window
In Xfce, right click on Panel > Panel > Add New Items... > Keyboard Layouts (Yeah, extremely unintuitive but the presence and absence of that country flag change the keyboard switching from global to per window and vice versa)
But if your languages are implemented in the form of IME by "Input Method"...
For iBus, go to iBus Preferences > Advanced > (uncheck) Share the same input method among all applications
For Fcitx, go to Fcitx Configuration > Global Config > Share State Among Window: No
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Re: Language per application
It's not about the keyboard layout, but about the language used in the application....billyswong wrote: ⤴Sat Dec 03, 2022 4:14 am In Cinnamon, go to Keyboard > Layouts > Allow different layouts for individual windows
In Mate, go to Keyboard > Layouts > Separate layout for each window
In Xfce, right click on Panel > Panel > Add New Items... > Keyboard Layouts (Yeah, extremely unintuitive but the presence and absence of that country flag change the keyboard switching from global to per window and vice versa)
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Re: Language per application
If you look at the instruction @UltraMax quoted for "Ubuntu" (Gnome desktop) and the example use case, this thread is definitely about input language, not UI language. The fact that input language setting in Linux Mint variants are labelled keyboard layout doesn't matter.
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Re: Language per application
Yes, you may be right. Still, it would be useful if the OP would clarify this.billyswong wrote: ⤴Sat Dec 03, 2022 5:46 amIf you look at the instruction @UltraMax quoted for "Ubuntu" (Gnome desktop) and the example use case, this thread is definitely about input language, not UI language. The fact that input language setting in Linux Mint variants are labelled keyboard layout doesn't matter.
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Re: Language per application
Oh yes, This is it, thanks!billyswong wrote: ⤴Sat Dec 03, 2022 4:14 am (Please specify the desktop environment next time.)
In Cinnamon, go to Keyboard > Layouts > Allow different layouts for individual windows
In Mate, go to Keyboard > Layouts > Separate layout for each window
In Xfce, right click on Panel > Panel > Add New Items... > Keyboard Layouts (Yeah, extremely unintuitive but the presence and absence of that country flag change the keyboard switching from global to per window and vice versa)
But if your languages are implemented in the form of IME by "Input Method"...
For iBus, go to iBus Preferences > Advanced > (uncheck) Share the same input method among all applications
For Fcitx, go to Fcitx Configuration > Global Config > Share State Among Window: No
I maybe was not ideally correct explaining what I wanted, but yes, this is the thing that I wanted - to have own language per application when you switch to this application
I wonder how I have missed it but again thanks for your help
Ideally, I want to have smth like Punto Switcher for Windows (when application automatically switches the typed language into the correct one based on some logic, but since nothing works correctly in Linux Mint (even xneur) it's good to have a possibility for every application to have the language it used before and not the system one