The language pack extension cannot be installed, Is it possible to replace the default language during the build?

[sevilen]

Unable to install language pack in openvscode-server. For some beginners, they may need localization to learn how to use vscode.

Can I build with language packs built in?

[sevilen]

I found the following code in src/vs/node/languagePacks.js

function getLanguagePackConfigurations(userDataPath) {
	const configFile = path.join(userDataPath, 'languagepacks.json');
	try {
		return nodeRequire(configFile);
	} catch (err) {
		// Do nothing. If we can't read the file we have no
		// language pack config.
	}
	return undefined;
}

What should be included in languagepacks.json？

[jeanp413]

@sevilen currently translations are not supported for vscode web. Related upstream issue microsoft#82595

[sevilen]

@jeanp413 Ok, I got it, thanks for your reply.

[wzxinchen]

microsoft/vscode-nls#42

Does the pr as above can support chinese? If so , what should I do?

[jeanp413]

Not possible yet sadly.
Language packs extensions are not used for web, instead some json file is used and is hosted in MS servers and the endpoint is configured in product.json and as far as I know we cannot legally use the MS endpoint in our product.json.
I think we can somehow derive from the extensions the needed json files and host it ourselves in the future, this will only apply for the workbench localization. For extensions localization, I created an issue about it microsoft#152403 as some scripts are required to generate the localization files