&language

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Summary

The &language store specifies the Windows system language that a keyboard should be associated with on install.

Syntax

store(&language) "langcode"

Parameters

langcode

The Windows language ID to associate the keyboard with on install. This can be specified as a single number, hexadecimal, for the Windows LANGID format, or as a pair of numbers separated by comma, for the Windows PRILANGID, SUBLANGID format.

Description

The &language store specifies the Windows system language that a keyboard should be associated with. It is not used on other platforms, which previously used the &ethnologuecode store.

If the specified language is available on the user's system, Keyman Desktop will install it and register an input method for that language. The Keyman Desktop keyboard will then be activated whenever the language is selected using Windows' language selector in the task bar.

The LANGUAGE statement and the &language store are deprecated, and the Keyboard Package metadata should be used to define the language data instead.

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Examples

Example: Using &language

store(&language) "x401"  c Use this keyboard with the Arabic locale

store(&language) "9, 1"  c Use this keyboard with the US English locale

Version history

Keyman 10.0: The &language store was deprecated.

In Keyman 8.0, the language association is used in editions of Keyman.

Keyman 7.0: Added support for single value LANGID format.

In Keyman 7.0, the &language store was used only by Professional Edition.

Keyman 5.0: Added &language store and deprecated LANGUAGE statement.

The LANGUAGE statement was introduced in Keyman 4.0.

Platforms

The &language store is used on the following platforms. It will be ignored on all other platforms.

Windows	macOS	Linux	Desktop web	Mobile web	iOS	Android
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See also

• &ethnologuecode store
• &windowslanguages store