Glitch in Windows 11 GUI installer for TeX Live 2023

[Siep Kroonenberg]

On Sat, Mar 25, 2023 at 11:12:56AM -0600, Nelson H. F. Beebe wrote:
> Earlier today, I downloaded the latest texcol2023.iso* files from
> 
> 	https://tug.org/~manfred/
> 
> to our mirror site at
> 
> 	https://www.math.utah.edu/pub/texlive-utah/Images
> 
> and updated the README.html file there.
> 
> I then moved to a Windows 11 laptop, downloaded those files to my
> Downloads directory, clicked on the installer in a file manager
> window, and selected the Advanced button.
> 
> That brings up a screen that has a menu item "GUI language".  For fun,
> I changed to other languages than the default English, and found that
> the change worked.  However, when I reverted to English without
> leaving the GUI installer, I found that the second line on the
> right-hand Options panel remained in the previously selected language;
> it is the line immediately under the "Default paper size" line.
> 
> This is most evident if you select Chinese or Japanese, but the
> problem remains for every other language that I tried.
> 
> The only way to repair it is to exit the GUI installer, then start it
> again.

I remember an earlier report of such a problem. At the time I could
not figure out the cause, but I'll have another look. By the way: I
can reproduce the glitch under Linux.

-- 
Siep Kroonenberg