On 04/07/11 21:57, Marc Deslauriers wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-07-04 at 12:44 +1000, Robert Ancell wrote:
>> From what I've gathered talking to people the classes of user are:
>> 1. Users who set the system language at install/first boot time, and
>> never change it (the vast majority)
>> 2. English as a second language users, who switch between their native
>> language and English (this is a class of user I don't understand well). 
>> I think the reason for this is because the translations are not always
>> good enough?  Is this a power user feature?
>> 3. Testers/developers who want to easily change language for testing
>> (their requirements should not be exposed to normal users)
> There is also:
>
> 4. People who create accounts for additional users
>
> In that scenario the tools that create accounts need to be modified to
> have a place to set the user's language and keyboard.
The Oneiric Control Center allows the language to be set for a user when
they are created.  There is not a setting for keyboard, however as a
computer has a single physical keyboard and the system layout will match
it this doesn't seem to be a big issue (i.e. if a user wants to use a
keyboard layout that does not match the keyboard they are probably
advanced, and can select it from the control center with the mouse only).
>
> This is a _legal_ issue in certain multilingual countries where it's
> unacceptable for a user to login to the wrong language and keyboard and
> try and find a control panel setting to change the default.
Could you elaborate on what this legal issue is?  Note as above if the
system administrator has correctly setup a user their language will be
correct on login.

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