294635 - mailnews.reply_header_ondate and mailnews.reply_header_authorwrote can't be changed

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Thunderbird :: Preferences, defect)

Description

[Guido Günther]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux ppc; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050513 Galeon/1.3.20 (Debian package 1.3.20-1)
Build Identifier: Thunderbird 1.0.2 (20050513)

First of all reply_header_separator and reply_header_type work as expected but
when I try to change one of reply_header_{ondate,authowrote} in all.js it
_always_ falls back to the 
englich version "On ..." and "... wrote" independend of what I set for these
variables. 
This is surprising, since I have the german locale package installed and the
text is being localized properly if I _don't_ change either of
reply_header_{ondate,authorwrote}.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
0. Have the german locale package installed and use LC_ALL=de_DE
1. set pref("mailnews.reply_header_ondate","blablup %s"); in all.js
2. set pref("mailnews.reply_header_type","3");
2. start thunderbird
3. reply to a message
Actual Results:  
It displays "<user> schrieb On <date>" independent of what you set above.

Expected Results:  
It should read "<user> schrieb blablup <date>"

Comment 1

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

all.js contains the default preferences for a *new* profile. You probably want
to change user.js or prefs.js.

Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 4

[:aceman]

This works fine for me when changing the pref via TB advanced config.