LyX ⇒ Language of headings changes when changing platform

[gbz28]

Hello,

I'm writing my PhD thesis in LyX. I recently installed Ubuntu on my computer, and opened my LyX document, previously created in LyX with MikTeX and Windows, on the Ubuntu computer. When compiling the .pdf document, suddenly the headings, (contents, chapters, etc.) are in French instead of English (i.e. it now says "Table de matières", "Chapitre premier", etc. instead of "Contents", "Chapter 1"). I do have French and German text in the document (marked as so), but the document language is still set to English.

Is there any solution to this, or do I need to go back to Windows to work on this document?

Thanks!

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

welcome to the board!

I guess it's caused by a LyX setting. For sure it can be fixed by a simple LyX setting or by a babel (package) command or option. Perhaps post a (reduced) LyX document example here as attachment, which shows the undesired behavior.

Stefan

[cgnieder]

As Stefan suspects LyX has global language settings. You find it in the menu: Tools > Preferences:

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Regards

[gbz28]

Thanks so much for your help! I tried changing the LyX settings, but that didn't work. In the end, I marked the opening text as "English, UK" rather than the default "English".

That generated a line in the LaTeX preamble which reads:

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\usepackage[british,french,german,english]{babel}

replacing the old one which read:

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\usepackage[french,german,english]{babel}

I think because French was listed first that was why the document headings were in French.

I hope this is useful to others too!