Le 25/02/2016 14:34, Simon Wells a écrit : > can we not just use the localized version of the language name? > > > On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 2:29 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 2/25/2016 1:47 AM, Nick Østergaard wrote: >>> And BTW, we have all accepted that flags for languages are bad.
Who is "all" ? I don't remember I said "flags for languages are bad" >> >> What's the alternative, English text? Is English text alone useful for >> users who don't know any English? I guess it's not an issue when there >> are translations for the user's default language. I realize the flags >> aren't ideal but is there a better solution? >> >>> >>> 2016-02-25 7:44 GMT+01:00 Nick Østergaard <[email protected]>: >>>> I think it might be a good idea to make the menu only list the >>>> languages found. But I don't think the languages menu should be >>>> removed. I think it should either just show the "Default" entry, or >>>> say in the menu that now language files was found. >>>> >>>> I am not really sure why it is considered testing, but I suspect that >>>> Jean-Pierre or somone else knows something more about that, but I >>>> could be wrong. >>>> >>>> If no one knows why this is considered testing, I would suggest that >>>> we don't do that, because it is really usefull, and a user using non >>>> english native language on his desktop expect that it should be >>>> possible to change it to english. This is also very useful for bug >>>> reporting. Maybe we should even note that in our little bug reporting >>>> guide. >>>> >>>> Nick >>>> >>>> 2016-02-25 5:24 GMT+01:00 Simon Wells <[email protected]>: >>>>> any comments on this? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>>> From: Simon Wells <[email protected]> >>>>> Date: Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 11:26 AM >>>>> Subject: Language List >>>>> To: KiCad Developers <[email protected]> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Currently the Language List throughout kicad advises it is used for >>>>> testing only >>>>> >>>>> common/pgm_base.cpp:72 * The selection of languages is mainly for >>>>> maintainer's convenience >>>>> the tooltip for the languages option in preferences is also "only used >>>>> for testing!" >>>>> >>>>> If this is the case do we really need the flags, Apart from being >>>>> rather over the top for a testing feature flags while they can look >>>>> pretty (yet seem to be disabled on most platforms) aren't very >>>>> accurate as to the language, and should it be moved into #ifdef DEBUG >>>>> >>>>> I am currently making it so that it will only add the languages that >>>>> are found in the paths as being able to select a language that isn't >>>>> installed is not very useful. And the languages menu will not even be >>>>> available if no i18n files are located >>>>> >>>>> If we decide to keep the flags would it not make more sense to move >>>>> these to the i18n repo so that adding a language would not require >>>>> effort from both programmers and translators, how my code will work is >>>>> that it will automatically update the list with any languages that are >>>>> detected >>>>> >>>>> thanks >>>>> >>>>> Simon -- Jean-Pierre CHARRAS _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
