[Lubuntu] Help editing "Language Selection" for Custom Guest Session

[j.horn]

Hello,

I am adding the option in a customized guest account for the user to choose their language. I successfully followed the guide here:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Cu...lection_dialog

And can now choose between English and Swedish (surprise surprise!).

I have no coding experience. This is all a learning exercise for me. So, what/how do I modify it for other languages (the script seems to be set up in an either/or fashion)? Where/how can I find the acronyms needed? ie.:

if [ "$guestlang" = 'XXXX' ]; then
        echo 'export LANGUAGE=xxxx_XXXX' >> "$HOME/.profile"
        echo 'export LANG=xxxx_XXXX.UTF-8' >> "$HOME/.profile"

So far I will need to add the following languages to the list: English, French, Arabic, Korean, Chinese, Hindi, Panjabi, Bangla.

Thank you!

[Hadaka]

Hi, I did a little research and modified your script, it should work.
I am not a zenity user but it seems simple enough,If you need help
finding and adding future country codes,let us know.
Have fun !
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#!/bin/sh -e

# show zenity dialog only when launched from greeter
ONLYGUEST=true
for U in $(users); do
if [ "${U%%-*}" != 'guest' ]; then
ONLYGUEST=false
break
fi
done

if $ONLYGUEST && [ -x /usr/bin/zenity ]; then
guestlang=$( zenity --list --title 'Select language' \
--text 'Select language for the guest session' --radiolist \
--column 'Pick' --column 'Language' \
TRUE 'English' \
FALSE 'French' \
False 'Arabic' \
False 'Korean' \
False 'Chinese' \
False 'Hindi' \
False 'Panjabi' \
Flase 'Bangla' )
if [ "$guestlang" = 'English' ]; then
echo 'export LANGUAGE=en_US' >> "$HOME/.profile"
echo 'export LANG=en_US.UTF-8' >> "$HOME/.profile"
elif [ "$guestlang" = 'French' ]; then
echo 'export LANGUAGE=fr' >> "$HOME/.profile"
echo 'export LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8' >> "$HOME/.profile"
elif [ "$guestlang" = 'Arabic' ]; then
echo 'export LANGUAGE=ar' >> "$HOME/.profile"
echo 'export LANG=ar_AE.UTF-8' >> "$HOME/.profile"
elif [ "$guestlang" = 'Korean' ]; then
echo 'export LANGUAGE=ko' >> "$HOME/.profile"
echo 'export LANG=ko_KR.UTF-8' >> "$HOME/.profile"
elif [ "$guestlang" = 'Chinese' ]; then
echo 'export LANGUAGE=zh' >> "$HOME/.profile"
echo 'export LANG=zh_CN.UTF-8' >> "$HOME/.profile"
elif [ "$guestlang" = 'Hindi' ]; then
echo 'export LANGUAGE=hi' >> "$HOME/.profile"
echo 'export LANG=hi_IN.UTF-8' >> "$HOME/.profile"
elif [ "$guestlang" = 'Panjabi' ]; then
echo 'export LANGUAGE=pa' >> "$HOME/.profile"
echo 'export LANG=pa_IN.UTF-8' >> "$HOME/.profile"
elif [ "$guestlang" = 'Bangla' ]; then
echo 'export LANGUAGE=bn' >> "$HOME/.profile"
echo 'export LANG=bn_BD.UTF-8' >> "$HOME/.profile"
fi
fi

exec /usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm-guest-session "$@"

[j.horn]

Wow! Thank you very much! That works perfect. I didn't expect an answer so quickly, let alone one that solves my question completely!