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From: felix@×××××××.com
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Need advice from people who use non-ascii all day long
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:58:32
Message-Id: 20091203225744.GB15835@crowfix.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Need advice from people who use non-ascii all day long by "Arttu V."
1 On Fri, Dec 04, 2009 at 12:38:34AM +0200, Arttu V. wrote:
2
3 > I assume you have already removed the language problem from the
4 > equation? I.e., the fact that K?benhavn, Copenhague, K??penhamina and
5 > Copenhagen all mean the same place, just in different European
6 > languages (Danish, Spanish, Finnish and English, in that order).
7
8 We're trying to go by the name in the native language, but that might
9 not be possible, in which case I guess we'll have to get all the
10 possible translations. It certainly is messy.
11
12 > If you have input in multiple languages then it is not just about
13 > umlauts or no umlauts ...
14
15 I've certainly learned a bit of that ... so far we only have to deal
16 with country codes (no problem) and disticts (can't be toooo many, I
17 hope).
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