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[Simon Wells <swel024@xxxxxxxxx>]

can we not just use the localized version of the language name?


On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 2:29 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 2/25/2016 1:47 AM, Nick Østergaard wrote:
>> And BTW, we have all accepted that flags for languages are bad.
>
> What's the alternative, English text?  Is English text alone useful for
> users who don't know any English?  I guess it's not an issue when there
> are translations for the user's default language.  I realize the flags
> aren't ideal but is there a better solution?
>
>>
>> 2016-02-25 7:44 GMT+01:00 Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>> I think it might be a good idea to make the menu only list the
>>> languages found. But I don't think the languages menu should be
>>> removed. I think it should either just show the "Default" entry, or
>>> say in the menu that now language files was found.
>>>
>>> I am not really sure why it is considered testing, but I suspect that
>>> Jean-Pierre or somone else knows something more about that, but I
>>> could be wrong.
>>>
>>> If no one knows why this is considered testing, I would suggest that
>>> we don't do that, because it is really usefull, and a user using non
>>> english native language on his desktop expect that it should be
>>> possible to change it to english. This is also very useful for bug
>>> reporting. Maybe we should even note that in our little bug reporting
>>> guide.
>>>
>>> Nick
>>>
>>> 2016-02-25 5:24 GMT+01:00 Simon Wells <swel024@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>> any comments on this?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: Simon Wells <swel024@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Date: Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 11:26 AM
>>>> Subject: Language List
>>>> To: KiCad Developers <kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Currently the Language List throughout kicad advises it is used for testing only
>>>>
>>>> common/pgm_base.cpp:72  *   The selection of languages is mainly for
>>>> maintainer's convenience
>>>> the tooltip for the languages option in preferences is also "only used
>>>> for testing!"
>>>>
>>>> If this is the case do we really need the flags, Apart from being
>>>> rather over the top for a testing feature flags while they can look
>>>> pretty (yet seem to be disabled on most platforms) aren't very
>>>> accurate as to the language, and should it be moved into #ifdef DEBUG
>>>>
>>>> I am currently making it so that it will only add the languages that
>>>> are found in the paths as being able to select a language that isn't
>>>> installed is not very useful. And the languages menu will not even be
>>>> available if no i18n files are located
>>>>
>>>> If we decide to keep the flags would it not make more sense to move
>>>> these to the i18n repo so that adding a language would not require
>>>> effort from both programmers and translators, how my code will work is
>>>> that it will automatically update the list with any languages that are
>>>> detected
>>>>
>>>> thanks
>>>>
>>>> Simon
>>>>
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