On 09/09/06, Thomas PARIS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > <introduction type=long> > > Believe it or not, even though I have already started looking at f-spot > code and have already contributed one (trivial) patch, I had still not > started to use f-spot. In particular, I had not started tagging my > pictures yet. > > And I had decided that I would start tonight. > > But... as I was about to start tagging, I had a bit of a dilemma: which > language should I use to name the tags? I'm fluent in both English and > French, though more comfortable with French, what with it being my > mother tongue. I use English on my website because I've got many friends > who can't read French but sometimes wish I was writing the blog entries > in French since, well, my French is better than my English is. > > </introduction> > > So, I was wondering which language to use for my tags when it dawned on > me: why do I have to pick one? Why can't my tags by l10n'd? I should > have the possibility to set both an English and a French name for each > tag I create and f-spot would choose the right language for display > depending on the current locale. Or even better, I would have the > possibility to change the tag language dynamically, without restarting > f-spot. > > What about you? Would like this kind of functionnality? Or am I a > strange guy with strange needs? If there is interest, I might have a > closer look at how this could be implemented. I've already had a quick > look at the XMP spec (since I don't think it would be difficult to add > support in f-spot, if it were not for interoperability) and to me it > sounds like while the spec allows multilingual titles, it doesn't allow > multilingual keywords. I can already picture multiple XMP keywords for a > single f-spot tag, and all the headaches that would entail :( > > Anyway, sorry for the long email and please lemme know what you think > about that crack I've been smoking. > > Heippa, > Thomas "mercen" PARIS >
I think that it's a great idea. My personal website is also bilingual, so having the tags in two languages would be very nice indeed. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com _______________________________________________ F-spot-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/f-spot-list
