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On Fri, 2003-07-04 at 17:43, Mamoru KOMACHI wrote: |
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> m17n and i18n does not mean the same thing. m17n software handles |
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> multiple languages and i18n software provides multiple language |
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> interfaces. For example, m17n software could provide only English menu |
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> and help but you can use several languages on it, while i18n software |
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> might offer you Japanese menu and help even though it's not capable to |
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> use multiple languages other than English. |
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Thank you for your explaination :) I also google'd up a bit as well. |
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According the the Debian i18n guide, the difference is: |
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http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/intro-i18n/intro-i18n.en.txt |
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_I18N_ (internationalization) model |
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This model is to support many languages but only two of them, |
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English (ASCII) and another one, at the same time. |
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_M17N_ (multilingualization) model |
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This model is to support many languages at the same time. For |
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example, Mule (MULtilingual Enhancement to GNU Emacs) can handle |
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a text file which contains multiple languages |
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In that case, I agree with the m17n flag then, because there is a very |
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distinct difference. |
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Cheers, |
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