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