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default-language

Specifies the new G2 process's default language.

Platforms

All platforms

Syntax

language-name: Name of a system-defined G2 language facility (that is, english, japanese, or korean), or name of a language (francais, italiano, or any other symbol) for which a language-translation item in the current KB provides translations of G2 system-defined menu choices.

Equivalent Environment Variable

Same as the language-name argument, described above.

Description

Use this option to specify a new G2 process's default language. G2 uses its process's default language when determining the current KB's current language. See the chapter in Natural Languages in the G2 Reference Manual for a description of how G2 determines the current language for the current KB.

Special Considerations

By default, each g2-window item in the current KB, including those that result from a Telewindows connection, can be associated with a distinct language-translation item, independent from the G2 process's default language and from the current KB's current language. See Chapter 8, G2-Windows, for more information.

Example

This command directs a new G2 process to load the KB file factory.kb as its new current KB and to use francais (a language-translation item, presumably in factory.kb) as this process's default language:

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