[PATCH] RFC: Changing the language of individual KDE programs

[Krzysztof Lichota]

Stephan Kulow napisał(a):
> Am Sonntag, 4. März 2007 20:27 schrieb Krzysztof Lichota:
>> I have implemented often-requested (327 votes) bug 24348: Changing the
>> language of individual KDE programs. Patch is attached (for KDE 3.5.x).
> 
> I don't mind adding a key how to enable this menu to the documentation, but I 
> doubt the 20 people voting are representative. I see the use case really as
> translators/developers of KDE applications, so it shouldn't be found by end 
> users by default.

I, for example, prefer to run developers tools (like KDevelop) in
English. If translation is not complete or buggy, I think many users
would prefer to turn off translations for this one app (for example some
old translations of Kaffeine to Polish were horrible). Some people would
like to run some apps in different language to learn vocabulary, while
keeping desktop in their native language. It is useful to run
educational apps (like khangman) in English to learn language. Etc.

I think people on kde-i18n-doc will find more valid use cases.
I will continue this thread there.

> And I wonder what the use case of the fallback language is. I don't want KDE 
> to be the desktop, where you can control the list of fallback languages per 
> application. Really. This is useful for KDE contributors that hit mixed 
> language desktops often and it should be tailored for their needs: pick one 
> side.

I think it is useful for languages which do not have complete
translation. I have added it because KControl settings allow this also.
If this is not necessary, I will be happy to leave only "choose primary
language" option as it is much simpler from user point of view.

	Krzysztof Lichota


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