[kde-guidelines] Styleguide: Localization of text

[Heiko Tietze]

Am 18.12.2013 18:54:23, schrieb Thomas Pfeiffer:
> > * Provide bidirectional mode dependent to language (left-to-right vs.
> > right-to-left). 
> 
> I don't know if this is understandable. Suggestion:
> "Make sure your GUI displays correctly in languages written from right-to-
> left"

RTL layout affects not only text but controls as well. E.g. the first toolbar item is show at the right most position, or the main menu is built up from right. I'm not sure how well Qt handles this by default. But that's just the first part of this advice, the second is: What happens when I switch my language to Farsi? Does the RTL language gets applied to controls' bidi mode as well or do I have do adjust it explicitely? 
 
> > * Allow users to choose currency and metric system (kg vs. lb, miles vs. km)
> 
> I don't think we need users to be able to set this in every application. 
> Suggestion:
> "Respect system-wide locale settings (unit systems, date and time format, 
> currencies etc.)"

 Agreed and applied. 
> > I guess there could be added a lot by the devs...
> 
> Other than that, I think that's all we can provide. The rest has to come from 
> the devs / i18n / l10n specialists


IMHO the introduction could be extended a little bit. Do you have an idea? If so, please apply directly ;-)

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