[kde-doc-english]Re: entities
Pam R
pamroberts at blueyonder.co.uk
Wed Sep 4 18:46:22 CEST 2002
On Wednesday 04 September 2002 2:34 pm, Éric Bischoff wrote:
> On Wednesday 04 September 2002 13:47, Pam R wrote:
> > In fact I was about to suggest that an entity for <keysym>Enter</keysym>
> > be added to customization/en/user.entities, thinking that the &Alt;,
> > &Ctrl;, &Esc; and &Shift; entities were a help in translation so that
> > adding &Enter; (for the key not the verb) would also be useful.
>
> It would be great. Especially that that key gets "translated" on foreign
> keyboards. For example it's "Entrée" on a French keyboard, but some people
> continue to write "Retour" as a remainder of the old days.
>
> > But as you point
> > out it might present problems for the translators?
>
> No, on the contrary, it would be great for us.
>
> > BTW, are we in an entity freeze period now?
>
> No ;-)
But should it be defined with <keycap> or <keysym> tags <g>? On my en_GB PC
keyboard there are 2 'Enter' keys; a large one with a symbol like a broken
arrow on it, and a small one in the numeric keypad area which bears the
legend 'Enter'.
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Pam R: Don't put off until tomorrow what you can leave to the day after.
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