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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2019-04-17 10:34:02 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2019-04-17 11:53:54 +0200
commit2d5867a213c4d23882e463d599eb236032086250 (patch)
tree449dc829fa5af0c92d9b9a2006a26ce4dad9cb3d /gnu/installer
parent15dca289b8bd1418c5f5f3b545cb497497cad02e (diff)
downloadguix-2d5867a213c4d23882e463d599eb236032086250.tar.gz
installer: Change language as soon as it has been chosen.
Previously we'd call 'setlocale' only after the complete 'locale' step
had finished.

* gnu/installer/newt/locale.scm (run-language-page): Set the 'LANGUAGE'
environment variable before returning.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/installer')
-rw-r--r--gnu/installer/newt/locale.scm12
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/installer/newt/locale.scm b/gnu/installer/newt/locale.scm
index b819d06691..01bcf76025 100644
--- a/gnu/installer/newt/locale.scm
+++ b/gnu/installer/newt/locale.scm
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
   #:export (run-locale-page))
 
 (define (run-language-page languages language->text)
-  (let ((title (G_ "Locale language")))
+  (define result
     (run-listbox-selection-page
-     #:title title
+     #:title (G_ "Locale language")
      #:info-text (G_ "Choose the language to use for the \
 installation process and for the installed system.")
      #:info-textbox-width 70
@@ -44,7 +44,13 @@ installation process and for the installed system.")
      (lambda _
        (raise
         (condition
-         (&installer-step-abort)))))))
+         (&installer-step-abort))))))
+
+  ;; Immediately install the chosen language so that the territory page that
+  ;; comes after (optionally) is displayed in the chosen language.
+  (setenv "LANGUAGE" result)
+
+  result)
 
 (define (run-territory-page territories territory->text)
   (let ((title (G_ "Locale location")))