Not stupide at all, imho. The more catered Debian is the more inclusive, and hence a more universal OS. Same happens with European Portuguese speaking users.I fully support that idea. Not sure how to implement it. Regards,
// pedro andrade On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 3:45 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to discuss an idea. I assume people on that list using a > wide range of different languages. > > Just as an example the language "Faroese" (føroyskt): Based on my > Wikipedia knowledge and some online discussions I learned that people > using Faroese are living in a multilingual environment. The speak > multiple languages (e.g. Faroese, Danish, English), using Faroese > keyboard layout but English GUI language, etc pp. > > So even if a language is there primary language they setup their > operating system (e.g. Debian) to a different language. Faroese use > Danish or English for example. Esperanto speaking people setup English > or Spanish. Not all, but some. > My point is that people speaking and prefering Faroese would miss the > Faroese support of a specific application if they setup there operating > system with Danish or English. > > To approach people like this I would propose to add kind of a > welcome-dialog to an application to inform users about the multi > language support of this specific application. If the application notice > the system language is Danish the dialog could say that the application > also do support Faroese and Islandic. "Just go to the setup language > menu.". > I assume by default not all users check the language setup menu of their > software. Such users would miss the opportunity to use that software > with there preferred language. > The background of my question is that if my translators and me invest > time in supporting "exotic" or "minor" languages the users should know > about it and don't accidentally miss it. > > Technically it is simple. Pseudocode: > If os_language == "Danish" then inform_about(['Faroese', 'Islandic']) > If os_language == "Chinese Simplified" then inform_about(['Chinese > Traditional']) > If os_language == "Norwegian Nynorsk" then inform_about(['Norwegian > Bokmål']) > > What do you think? Stupid or useless idea? > > More users of a specific language do increase the chance to approach > them as translators. > > Kind > Christian > >
