Please use the VSCode language for pac

[brasov2de]

Even if the windows is not in english (german in my case), a lot of devs prefer all the development tools in english.
We need to do demos in english too.

Unfortunatelly the "Power Platform VS Code extension" gets installed in german. Is there a way to change the language?
Using the VSCode language as a base for the installation would be great too.

[davidjenni]

Hi @brasov2de

pac

CLI language: the pac CLI chooses its UI language by reading CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture, which corresponds to the "Windows display language" setting in the OS' Language. What language is your VS Code app's GUI running in?
You shouldn't need to resort to your "workaround" (likely by copying over the localized .json file for pac?), changing the Windows display language will tell pac CLI which locale to use:

Now pac will emit its German loc texts (in either VS Code terminal or regular cmd prompt/pwsh):

(08:30:24) ~\Src\pp-vscode [main ≡]
> pac auth
Microsoft PowerApps CLI
Version: 1.6.7+g5031575

Fehler: Es fehlt ein untergeordneter Befehl.

Verwendung: pac auth [create] [list] [select] [delete] [name] [clear]

  create                      Authentifizierungsprofile auf diesem Computer erstellen und speichern  
  list                        Auf diesem Computer gespeicherte Authentifizierungsprofile auflisten    
  select                      Wählen Sie das Authentifizierungsprofil aus, das aktiv sein soll.      
  delete                      Ein bestimmtes Authentifizierungsprofil löschen
  name                        Vorhandenes Authentifizierungsprofil benennen oder umbenennen
  clear                       Alle auf diesem Computer gespeicherten Authentifizierungsprofile löschen

[davidjenni]

@brasov2de and I discussed offline: setting Windows display language does achieve what Diana needs. Resolving for now

[brasov2de]

Thank you @davidjenni !
Yes, after changing "Windows display language" and also the regional format and keyboard (as we discussed offline) I have an english "pac cli" and Windows environment, but it works without issues.

Thanks again for your support!
Kind regards,
Diana