Hi Rhoslyn,

We could be able to do this for you after our 1.0 release, in about 2
weeks. Would this be ok?

As an alternative, we could make a special build for you that sets cy-GB
as the default language for your installs. You then ship those binaries
to your schools. We could build against our 0.99.3 release, scheduled
for this friday.

Would my suggestion suffice for 2 weeks?

Dom

On Tue, 2002-03-12 at 15:56, Rhoslyn Prys wrote:
> I would like to make a request for a means of changing the language 
> interface from within AbiWord rather than having to delve into 
> Abiword.Profile.
> 
> Why? Well, Microsoft (and this possibly applies to Apple as well) has a 
> list of languages which it recognizes and references within Control 
> Panel > Regional Settings. These are mainly the majority languages 
> although there are some exceptions. If your language is not on the list 
> then its not supported.
> 
> I've recently contributed updated strings for the Welsh language (cy-GB) 
> and as Welsh is not supported by Microsoft within Windows (a Welsh 
> language spell checker is available for Word 2002 by Microsoft, though) 
> it isn't possible to access the interface easily. We have, with kind 
> assistance from FJ Franklin, been able to access the interface in 
> Windows and Linux via the Abiword.Profile and most is well. (It needs 
> some adjustment to the translation, etc.)
> 
> I would like to be able to publicise in Wales the availability of the 
> first word processor with a Welsh language interface for use on Windows 
> and Mac machines of which there are many thousands in Welsh language 
> medium schools. However, the lack of a fool-proof means of being able to 
> view the interface is holding this back. I would imagine that this would 
> be the case for many other minority languages for whom Abiword would be 
> an ideal starting point as a word processor.
> 
> Could we have a means of chosing the language interface within AbiWord, 
> please?
> 
> Rhoslyn Prys
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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