--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2003/09/16 19:23:47	1.117
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2003/09/17 14:30:13	1.118
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.117 2003/09/16 19:23:47 www Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.118 2003/09/17 14:30:13 www Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -1613,16 +1613,8 @@ sub fileextensions {
 
 sub display_languages {
     my %languages=();
-    if ($ENV{'environment.languages'}) {
-	foreach (split(/\s*(\,|\;|\:)\s*/,$ENV{'environment.languages'})) {
-	    $languages{$_}=1;
-        }
-    }
-    if ($ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.languages'}) {
-	foreach (split(/\s*(\,|\;|\:)\s*/,
-	$ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.languages'})) {
-	    $languages{$_}=1;
-        }
+    foreach (&preferred_languages()) {
+	$languages{$_}=1;
     }
     &get_unprocessed_cgi($ENV{'QUERY_STRING'},['displaylanguage']);
     if ($ENV{'form.displaylanguage'}) {
@@ -1642,7 +1634,35 @@ sub preferred_languages {
 	@languages=(@languages,split(/\s*(\,|\;|\:)\s*/,
 	         $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.languages'}));
     }
-    return (@languages,'en-US');
+    my $browser=(split(/\;/,$ENV{'HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'}))[0];
+    if ($browser) {
+	@languages=(@languages,split(/\s*(\,|\;|\:)\s*/,$browser));
+    }
+    if ($Apache::lonnet::domain_lang_def{$ENV{'user.domain'}}) {
+	@languages=(@languages,
+		$Apache::lonnet::domain_lang_def{$ENV{'user.domain'}});
+    }
+    if ($Apache::lonnet::domain_lang_def{$ENV{'request.role.domain'}}) {
+	@languages=(@languages,
+		$Apache::lonnet::domain_lang_def{$ENV{'request.role.domain'}});
+    }
+    if ($Apache::lonnet::domain_lang_def{
+	                          $Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonDefDomain'}}) {
+	@languages=(@languages,
+		$Apache::lonnet::domain_lang_def{
+                                  $Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonDefDomain'}});
+    }
+# turn "en-ca" into "en-ca,en"
+    my @genlanguages;
+    foreach (@languages) {
+	unless ($_=~/\w/) { next; }
+	push (@genlanguages,$_);
+	if ($_=~/(\-|\_)/) {
+	    push (@genlanguages,(split(/(\-|\_)/,$_))[0]);
+	}
+    }
+    &Apache::lonnet::logthis('Lang: '.join(',',@genlanguages));
+    return @genlanguages;
 }
 
 ###############################################################