(sorry for the toppost; at baka windoze PC right now and Outlook Express
makes anything else impossible)
m17n is multilingualization. Basicly, it's i18n, but having support for all
languages without restarting the application. For example, a m17n-compatible
text editor would let you mix languages within a single document (and
possibly even let you change interface language on the fly, though that
might need a restart of the app).
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From: "Paul de Vrieze" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 8:29 AM
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] i18n herd
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On Monday 20 October 2003 05:10, Luke-Jr wrote:
> >
> > a) Creating a general i18n herd for all i18n-related packages (the cjk
> > herd could probably be merged into that).
>
> I'd much rather a m17n herd to focus on having all the languages work at
> once... i18n is pretty undesirable, IMO, since it makes systems different.
What is m17n? If it is about internationalisation it makes sense to include
it
in the project, but I leave that to the people who are going to do the work.
>
> > b) Creating specialized herds for each region/language group - ie.
> > middle-east, cjk, anything else?
>
> That probably makes more sense since such stuff could probably be handled
> better by those who understand the language. But then, some packages
> involve every language so it might get a bit messy...
That's why I suggested creating a project for all, and having herds for
specific languages. Many issues are similar for any language != US English.
The XIM specification is the same for any language. However, specific IM's
are often only easilly maintained by people who use it (allready because the
English docs of such things are either lacking or horrible in most cases)
Paul
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