From 6e93aae93deeeaf312f036ce7b27dd1824c0a696 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marc Durdin <marc@durdin.net>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:01:23 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] feat(linux): use display language for keyboard search

Look up the current display language and pass it into the
keyboard search on keyman.com. Fallback to 'en'.

Test-bot: skip
Fixes: #15512
---
 .../keyman_config/downloadkeyboard.py         |  9 +++++-
 .../keyman_config/keyman_locales.py           | 30 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 linux/keyman-config/keyman_config/keyman_locales.py

diff --git a/linux/keyman-config/keyman_config/downloadkeyboard.py b/linux/keyman-config/keyman_config/downloadkeyboard.py
index 7eac44b5ecb..9d52506fc0a 100755
--- a/linux/keyman-config/keyman_config/downloadkeyboard.py
+++ b/linux/keyman-config/keyman_config/downloadkeyboard.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import urllib.parse
+from keyman_config.keyman_locales import find_locales
 
 import gi
 
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ def __init__(self, parent=None):
         self.webview = WebKit2.WebView()
         self.webview.connect("decide-policy", self._keyman_policy)
         self.webview.connect("load-changed", self._update_back_button)
-        url = KeymanComUrl + "/go/linux/" + __releaseversion__ + "/download-keyboards"
+        url = KeymanComUrl + "/go/linux/" + __releaseversion__ + "/download-keyboards" + "?lang=" + self._get_current_locale()
         self.webview.load_uri(url)
         s.add(self.webview)
 
@@ -56,6 +57,12 @@ def __init__(self, parent=None):
         self.resize(800, 450)
         self.show_all()
 
+    def _get_current_locale(self):
+        loc = find_locales()[0]
+        if loc == "C": 
+            loc = "en"
+        return loc.replace('_','-')
+
     def _update_back_button(self, webview, load_event):
         self.back_button.set_sensitive(webview.can_go_back())
 
diff --git a/linux/keyman-config/keyman_config/keyman_locales.py b/linux/keyman-config/keyman_config/keyman_locales.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..212d15077ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/linux/keyman-config/keyman_config/keyman_locales.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+#
+# Keyman is copyright (C) SIL Global. MIT License.
+# 
+# Created by Marc Durdin on 2026-08-18
+# 
+# Find the current display locale ID, using the same method as
+# gettext.find()
+# 
+
+import os
+
+#
+# @returns array of language identifiers in POSIX style, i.e. 'en_US', not 'en-US'.
+#
+# The returned array always includes the value 'C' for the default static locale,
+# which should be replaced with 'en' when passed to other processes
+#
+def find_locales():
+    # Approach comes from gettext.find()
+    languages = []
+    for envvar in ('LANGUAGE', 'LC_ALL', 'LC_MESSAGES', 'LANG'):
+        val = os.environ.get(envvar)
+        if val:
+            languages = val.split(':')
+            break
+    if 'C' not in languages:
+        languages.append('C')
+
+    return languages