Pablo Saratxaga wrote:
> ...
> On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 10:12:05AM -0700, Keith Packard wrote:
> > Around 13 o'clock on Jul 18, Pablo Saratxaga wrote:
> >
> > > In other terms, the localized names are used to display in the lists shown
> > > to the user, when when one of those is choosen, what is returned is not the
> > > localized name but the ascii-only one. And inversly, when an ascii-only
> > > name is gotten, it should be possible to retrieve its associated localized
> > > name if needed.
> >
> > Why do you believe the internal interface should only use ASCII names?
>
> Not necessarly ASCII names, but unique and locale independent ones.
> So if a document which embedds fotn names is open under a different locale
> nothing strange happens.
Yes, this is important. I can well imagine an app that that saves
a user's preference. If the user changes locale then the saved
preferences should still find the user's previously set prefered
fonts. I expect this to mean that the app will save the preferences
in ascii and then get the localized list for display.
> > Note that *all* of these names are locale independent; applications can
> > use any of the names to access the font, the only question is what name
> > should be returned when the application requests it, the mapping from the
> > set of names to a name appropriate for the user is the only locale
> > -dependent step.
Will there be a way to get the localized name using the ascii only name?
Brian Stell
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