[plug] KDE en_GB i18n question!

[John Knight]

Dunno mate, you can ask KDE if you like. The actual process of a lot of it 
isn't known to us, it's like asking a spotty kid at a petrol station what's 
wrong with your alternator, not going to work.

I can refer you to another email address if you so desire......

KDE Bloke

>
>Ok, I'll bite: a i18n related question.  Theres a whole lot of related
>language setting variables, inter-related programs that all require
>correct setting for spellchecking to work.  Evolution is a case in
>point.  Get a wrong setting such as an en sneaking in amongst the en_GB
>and it does not work.  Is there a comprehensive list of language/spell
>checking prerequisites?  e.g., aspell, pspell etc language variants, and
>the obvious environment variables from my 'set':
>LANG=en
>LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
>LC_COLLATE=en_GB
>LC_CTYPE=en_GB
>LC_MESSAGES=en_GB
>LC_MONETARY=en_GB
>LC_NUMERIC=en_GB
>LC_TIME=en_GB
>
>Any others?
>
>To my mind, a system such as this is really asking for trouble! - KISS
>is needed.
>
>BillK
>
>On Wed, 2002-03-13 at 21:59, Mark Nold wrote:
> >
> > It's an interesting fact to note that the PLUG mailing list has been 
>very
> > quiet (minus the en_GB thread) could it be that Colin's talk has 
>enthralled
> > everyone to go write XML parsers?  (I was told it was very good, and i'm 
>sad
> > i missed it) Or possibly they have suddenly acquired an interest in the 
>rest
> > of their lives / wives, compared to discussing proper Inglish?
> >
> >
> > But hey i've really enjoyed Distroes Vs Distro's Vs Distros' Vs Distri. 
>It
> > sounds a lot like a Dr. Who episode where Darvros' Dalek decendents 
>battle
> > it out... but that's me.
> >
> > Wait a minute, would that be Davros's' or Davross or Davroses'?
> >
> > It could be worse, we could be discussing 
>non-snipping-HTML-mail-top-posting
> > wastrels who dare to use Outlook and even EMACS! Damn them all to hell.
> >
> > mn
> >
> >
> >
> > (John keep posting, i think it's great what you are doing... i just 
>don't
> > know how to answer your questions correctly.)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Knight [mailto:anarchist_tomato at hotmail.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, 13 March 2002 9:37 PM
> > To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> > Subject: Re: [plug] KDE en_GB i18n question!
> >
> >
> > As far as i18n in general goes, there already is a mailing list, but 
>there's
> > no formal sort of mailing list for the en_GB team, we just do group 
>emails
> > sometimes. As far as throwing the odd question in PLUG's way, whenever
> > input's required goes, isn't that what I'm doing now?
> >
> > KDE Bloke
> >
> > > > We can't move it onto another mailing list, because these questions
> > >appear
> > > > very infequently, and no-one would subscribe to the sodding things.
> > >
> > >Perhaps the discussions could move over to a separate mailing list, 
>with
> > >the occasional question thrown towards PLUG when added input is
> > >required?  I just feel that this is getting on people's nerves, and the
> > >spelling/grammar nazis are wearing out their welcome  :)
> > >
> > >
> > >--
> > >  Leon Blackwell                | A nice thing about not planning is
> > >  http://www.lostrealm.com/     | that failure comes as a complete
> > >  jabber:Lionfire at lostrealm.com | surprise and is not preceeded by long
> > >                                | periods of worry and depression.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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