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

[Thomas Diehl]

Krzysztof Lichota wrote:

> 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.

Since the quoted request was by me I'd like to stress that I made it as 
an "end user", not as (former) translator: "A lot of people actually 
prefer the original terminology of certain specialized apps -- not only 
developers ... Also if you are frequently using international newsgroups 
or mailinglists you _must_ know at least the English terms of the app 
you are talking about or may even want to definitely switch to the 
respective version."

As a professional DTPer, I bought eg English versions of all respective 
apps (for Windows) and I would really hate to see the default desktop 
language (German) forced on me like KDE does. At least from a "normal 
user" perspective who does not know about the "hidden switches".

Regards,

Thomas