diff --git a/ide/include/unix/lazbaseconf.inc b/ide/include/unix/lazbaseconf.inc
index cf3c569280..7324758196 100644
--- a/ide/include/unix/lazbaseconf.inc
+++ b/ide/include/unix/lazbaseconf.inc
@@ -194,6 +194,26 @@ begin
   Result:='gtk';
 end;
 
+procedure GetLanguageIDs(var Lang, FallbackLang: string);
+begin
+  Lang := GetEnv('LC_ALL');
+  FallbackLang:='';
+
+  if Length(Lang) = 0 then
+  begin
+    Lang := GetEnv('LC_MESSAGES');
+    if Length(Lang) = 0 then
+    begin
+      Lang := GetEnv('LANG');
+      if Length(Lang) = 0 then
+        exit;   // no language defined via environment variables
+    end;
+  end;
+
+  FallbackLang := Copy(Lang, 1, 2);
+  Lang := Copy(Lang, 1, 5);
+end;
+
 {---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   procedure InternalInit;
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------}
diff --git a/ide/include/win32/lazconf.inc b/ide/include/win32/lazconf.inc
index 8c4d6494b2..b859097cb7 100644
--- a/ide/include/win32/lazconf.inc
+++ b/ide/include/win32/lazconf.inc
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
  *                                                                         *
  ***************************************************************************
 }
+uses
+  windows;
+
 const
   DefaultFPCSrcDirs: array[1..1] of string = (
     'C:\pp'
@@ -111,7 +114,7 @@ end;
 function FindDefaultCompilerPath: string;
 begin
   Result:=SearchFileInPath(GetDefaultCompilerFilename,'',
-                           GetEnvironmentVariable('PATH'),';',
+                           SysUtils.GetEnvironmentVariable('PATH'),';',
                            [sffDontSearchInBasePath]);
   if Result<>'' then exit;
   Result:='c:\pp\bin\win32\ppc386.exe';
@@ -121,7 +124,7 @@ end;
 function FindDefaultMakePath: string;
 begin
   Result:=SearchFileInPath('make.exe','',
-                           GetEnvironmentVariable('PATH'),';',
+                           SysUtils.GetEnvironmentVariable('PATH'),';',
                            [sffDontSearchInBasePath]);
 end;
 
@@ -159,7 +162,7 @@ end;
 
 function GetDefaultTestBuildDirectory: string;
 begin
-  Result:=GetEnvironmentVariable('TEMP');
+  Result:=SysUtils.GetEnvironmentVariable('TEMP');
   if Result<>'' then exit;
   Result:='c:\temp\';
   if DirPathExists(Result) then exit;
@@ -187,19 +190,45 @@ begin
   Result:='win32';
 end;
 
+procedure GetLanguageIDs(var Lang, FallbackLang: string);
+var
+  Buffer: array[1..4] of char;
+  Country: string;
+  UserLCID: LCID;
+begin
+  //defaults
+  Lang := '';
+  FallbackLang:='';
+  UserLCID := GetUserDefaultLCID;
+  if GetLocaleInfo(UserLCID, LOCALE_SABBREVLANGNAME, @Buffer, 4)<>0 then
+    FallbackLang := lowercase(copy(Buffer,1,2));
+  if GetLocaleInfo(UserLCID, LOCALE_SABBREVCTRYNAME, @Buffer, 4)<>0 then begin
+    Country := copy(Buffer,1,2);
+
+    // some 2 letter codes are not the first two letters of the 3 letter code
+    // there are probably more, but first let us see if there are translations
+    if (Buffer='PRT') then Country:='PT';
+
+    Lang := FallbackLang+'_'+Country;
+  end;
+end;
+
 {---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   procedure InternalInit;
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------}
 procedure InternalInit;
 begin
   PrimaryConfigPath:=ChompPathDelim(ExtractFilePath(Paramstr(0)));
-  SecondaryConfigPath:=GetEnvironmentVariable('WINDIR');
+  SecondaryConfigPath:=SysUtils.GetEnvironmentVariable('WINDIR');
   If SecondaryConfigPath = '' Then
     SecondaryConfigPath:='c:\windows';
 end;
 
 {
   $Log$
+  Revision 1.26  2004/12/09 14:30:12  vincents
+  moved GetLanguageIDs from Translations to LazConf
+
   Revision 1.25  2004/12/04 01:17:41  mattias
   implemented Target Directory for IDE
 
diff --git a/ide/lazconf.pp b/ide/lazconf.pp
index caabf449d7..1f737d27e9 100644
--- a/ide/lazconf.pp
+++ b/ide/lazconf.pp
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ const
   function GetDefaultLCLWidgetType: string;
   procedure GetDefaultLCLLibPaths(List: TStrings);
   function GetDefaultLCLLibPaths(const Prefix, Postfix, Separator: string): string;
+  
+  // returns the user language ID from the OS
+  procedure GetLanguageIDs(var Lang, FallbackLang: string);
 
 const
   EmptyLine = LineEnding + LineEnding;
@@ -130,7 +133,7 @@ begin
     Result:=Executable
   else
     Result:=SearchFileInPath(Executable,'',
-                             GetEnvironmentVariable('PATH'),':',
+                             SysUtils.GetEnvironmentVariable('PATH'),':',
                              [sffDontSearchInBasePath]);
 end;
 
@@ -222,6 +225,9 @@ end.
 
 {
   $Log$
+  Revision 1.35  2004/12/09 14:30:12  vincents
+  moved GetLanguageIDs from Translations to LazConf
+
   Revision 1.34  2004/12/04 01:17:41  mattias
   implemented Target Directory for IDE
 
diff --git a/ide/translations.pas b/ide/translations.pas
index 3f54ec63e9..428db96a8e 100644
--- a/ide/translations.pas
+++ b/ide/translations.pas
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ var
 implementation
 
 uses
-  Dos;
+  Dos, LazConf;
 
 function GetLazarusLanguageLocalizedName(const ID: string): String;
 begin
@@ -201,26 +201,6 @@ begin
     TranslateUnitResourceStrings(ResUnitName,Format(BaseFilename,[Lang]));
 end;
 
-procedure GetLanguageIDs(var Lang, FallbackLang: string);
-begin
-  Lang := GetEnv('LC_ALL');
-  FallbackLang:='';
-
-  if Length(Lang) = 0 then
-  begin
-    Lang := GetEnv('LC_MESSAGES');
-    if Length(Lang) = 0 then
-    begin
-      Lang := GetEnv('LANG');
-      if Length(Lang) = 0 then
-        exit;   // no language defined via environment variables
-    end;
-  end;
-
-  FallbackLang := Copy(Lang, 1, 2);
-  Lang := Copy(Lang, 1, 5);
-end;
-
 {-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   TranslateResourceStrings
 
diff --git a/ideintf/componenteditors.pas b/ideintf/componenteditors.pas
index fa6d44418d..c61e1ddd40 100644
--- a/ideintf/componenteditors.pas
+++ b/ideintf/componenteditors.pas
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ begin
   OldIndex:=Notebook.PageIndex;
   if (OldIndex>=0) and (OldIndex<Notebook.PageCount) then begin
     if not GetHook(Hook) then exit;
-    PageComponent:=TComponent(NoteBook.PageList[OldIndex]);
+    PageComponent:=TComponent(NoteBook.Pages.Objects[OldIndex]);
     Hook.DeletePersistent(PageComponent);
   end;
 end;