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## Program behaviour: language

#### Syntax

`-language <language>`

`-lang <language>`

#### Description

This option changes the language of messages produced by Atomsk.

The languages available for now are:

- de for German.
- en for English.
- fr for French.

To make this change permanent, you may set up a configuration file.

#### Default

By default, on GNU/Linux systems the environment variable `$LANG` is read, and if it is set to a language in the list above then Atomsk will use that language. On Microsoft® Windows® environments English is used by default. This default is overridden by the one defined in the user configuration file. Finally, the command-line option `-lang` overrides all previous definitions.

#### Examples

- `atomsk initial.gin cfg -lang fr`

  This will read `initial.gin` and convert it to CFG. All messages will be displayed in French.

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