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Software & hardware support => Newbie questions => Topic started by: Dimos on March 04, 2014, 08:13:11 PM

Title: How to setup and use 2 and more languages?
Post by: Dimos on March 04, 2014, 08:13:11 PM
I'm new to Debian Sparkylinux and I impress so far but how to setup 2 and more languages and change from one to another in an easy way?

I want English for the environment and Greek for typing purposes.
Title: Re: How to setup and use 2 and more languages?
Post by: pavroo on March 05, 2014, 12:13:15 AM
You have to use only one language in one session.

But you can reconfigure different language for every session using Menu-> System-> Language tool.

But you can use English as a default desktop language and Greek keyboard.

English language can be set as before and set Greek keyboard from Menu-> System-> Keyboard Layout Settings
Title: Re: How to setup and use 2 and more languages?
Post by: Dimos on March 05, 2014, 02:08:30 PM
Thank you pavroo

Because the keyboard layout hasn't the ability to add as they do other distros under the main layout to add as many keyboards you like, I mistaken supposed that could not add at least another language.

I'm happy that it works fine and change with a shortcut key from English to Greek.

To inform other newbies its little tricky to choose the right layout if you have special characters as "€" and to see the results you have to reboot.

Many bravo to all who contribute and made the SparkyLinux specially the LXDE a lighting fast distro!