Firefox dictionaries

You cannot remove en-us because it's the only one that is consistently 100% completed. Any part of a package (string) that isn't translated into your chosen lanuage will be shown in en-us. Also since en-us is a subset of the package that also includes en-uk, en-aus and so on you can't get rid of those either. The translators team does regularly argue about all this but it's only recently that Spanish got 100% completed presenting a possible change at some point in the dim and distant future - ie why not have a core-languages pack that includes en-us, es, a basic Chinese, and a couple of others? It would involve a huge amount of extra work resulting in very little real change from the present reality for most people but i think it would be a good end-result. Even tho i am English and object to americanisation (unless they suit me) i still don't really think that it's good to have en-uk in there in addition to en-us.

To remove all the other ones is quite easy though i think.

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

OK. Do you know how dictionaries are managed by Firefox ?

Ooops, err go up to the menus at the top of firefox and click on

Tools - Add-Ons - Languages

Oh, it looks like i maybe can delete Australian. IF it makes firefox fail to start next time then you might want to run a LiveCd session's firefox to pop into here and ask how to get it all back. Basically it's easy to add back through Synaptic Package Manager
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticHowto

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

Yes, I know what you mean but I just want to know how to configure Fifrefox to not display extra languages event they're installed.

I know I'm a bit complicated :)

Lol, complicated means you probably fit in well with most linux users, even the old-guard. Welcome in :) Ok, try

Edit - Preferences - Content - Languages -

and then just keep hitting the remove button ;)
Hopefully that should remove them all? You might want to keep or add at least one though ;) heheheh
Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

I don't want to play with display languages but dictionaries.

Well, if you notice, what Tom said is the ONLY way to check language packs in Firefox, and subsequently, dictionaries available.

e.g. If you have "Firefox en-GB" installed, which is a language pack, you'll automatically have the en-GB dictionary. Check this image to see what I mean: http://i28.tinypic.com/e1b53s.png

But those are only the pre installed language packs, that probably come bundled with your system language.

To install more dictionaries and/or language packs, just go here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:3 . There you can actually install a dictionary without having to install a language pack.

Hope this helps ;)

Well, I found this really useful command line, that might help you removing locale packages that you don't need:

"Firstly to remove unnecessary data from the locale cache, which is essentially all the assorted translations available for packages you are installing. I would install localepurge you will be prompted to select the locales you wish to keep, this will depend on the country you reside in, for me it would be the three EN_GB entries."

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Diet%20Ubuntu

Supposedly, if you take out the fr-be locale, there won't be any fr-be dictionaries on your system unless you install them manually.

Hopefully this will finally answer your question ;)

Hi :)

Have you been able to try the new Ubuntu 10.04 before it gets officially released?
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/testing/lucid/beta2
Trying it as a LiveCd or as an extra dual/multi-boot would be ideal. Developers and everyone are keen to try to iron out any problems before 10.04 gets officially released so you might find faster & more effective answers to your bug reports which would make 10.04 work better on your system for you

Thanks and regards from
Tom :)