1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index a720e91..6d4fcfc 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #endif
 
+#include <locale.h>
+
 #ifdef HAVE_X11_XLIB_H
 #include <X11/Xlib.h>
 #endif
@@ -127,6 +129,14 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	GtkBuilder *builder;
 	GtkAdjustment *adj;
 
+	/* FIXME: support internationalization instead of enforcing English */
+#ifdef __WIN32__
+	g_setenv("LC_ALL", "English", TRUE);
+#else
+	g_setenv("LC_ALL", "en", TRUE);
+#endif
+	setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
+
 	/* init threads */
 #ifdef HAVE_X11_XLIB_H
 	XInitThreads(); /* FIXME: really required??? */