Setting default language to British English

[Paul Stansell]

Hello,

I'm struggling to have LyX start with the default language set to British
English.

I can set the language of an already-open document to British English by
setting the following:

   Document > Settings > Language > Language: English (UK)

but I can't work out how to make British English be the default for a new
document.

I tried following the suggestions at https://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/SettingLANG,
but none worked for me.

For example, if I have

   Tools > Preferences > Language Settings > User interface language:
Default

and I try to specify the language explicitly and start LyX with

    LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 lyx

the default language is set to US English instead of British English.

I also tried putting the following in my ~/.lyx/preferences file

    \default_language en_GB.UTF-8

but that didn't work either.


I'm not sure if this is relevant, but I noticed that I can choose "English
(UK)" once I open a document here

   Document > Settings > Language > Language: English (UK)

but not before I open a new document here

   Tools > Preferences > Language Settings > User interface language:
English

as the only relevant choice I have is "English"

Thanks,

Paul
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