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[jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 25/02/2016 14:23, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit :
> On 2/25/2016 1:44 AM, Nick Østergaard wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> Makes sense to me.  If the language isn't available, then the user is
> just going to get English anyway.
> 
>>
>> 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.
> 
> This was around when I joined the project so it's most likely JP's code.

When I wrote it, I was thinking it was useful only for testers,
translators and maintainers, therefore for testing purpose (are all
dictionary found?), not really for users.

However, I am thinking language selection is also used by users, not
only by testers.

So it looks like it is not just for testing.

> 
>>
>> 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.
> 
> It's also useful for translators so they can compare their translations
> against the English.
> 
>>
>> 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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