Re: How do I change LOCALEDIR?

[Marnen Laibow-Koser]

On Mon, Mar 2, 2020 at 1:15 AM Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> wrote:

>
> > how do I set LOCALEDIR (in this case, to match the packaged app
> > bundle rather than the build-time path)?  Unlike everything else of
> > this nature, neither the .reloc files nor environment variables work
> > (and I've tried setting both LOCALEDIR and LILYPOND_LOCALEDIR in
> > both places): when I use the .reloc file, it clearly finds the
> > setting in the file, but then later blithely prints out
> > LOCALEDIR="the/old/value/I/didn't/want".
>
> What exactly do you want to achieve?


I want LOCALEDIR to point to where the locales will actually be in the .app
bundle (under $INSTALLER_PREFIX).


> If I understand the code
> correctly (in file `relocate.cc`), the two calls to `bindtextdomain`
> happen before relocation files are read.[*] In other words, the
> `LILYPOND_LOCALEDIR` environment variable is honoured but a
> corresponding assignment in relocation files are ignored (for the
> lilypond binary itself – child programs do get the updated environment
> variable).
>
> Maybe this approach should be changed?
>

Perhaps!  What is the point of overriding the environment setting for
LOCALEDIR?  Does LilyPond itself use that setting, or do only the child
programs use it?

Best,
-- 
Marnen Laibow-Koser
address@hidden
http://www.marnen.org