From kde-core-devel Fri May 14 21:18:05 2004 From: Andreas Pour Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 21:18:05 +0000 To: kde-core-devel Subject: Re: A Language-Based Paradigm (Was Re: Avoiding Problems byAvoiding Message-Id: <40A5378D.E4E31930 () mieterra ! com> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=108456952307653 Maks Orlovich wrote: > > > The key is, it is not *country*-based, b/c really, the choice has nothing > > to do with a country. I may choose the German language although I live in > > Well, some of the settings do have to do w/the country --- at least the > currency sign does. And although for example some Hispanic Americans may > prefer a Spanish translation, they still would want $ to denote the currency > (and perhaps the imperial units). I don't know how the preferences for things > like the decimal separator vary though. Currency can be selected separately (there is already another tab for it), but if you want to make things easier for people then selecting a language can optionally default to a certain currency associated with that language, just like currently is the case for "country" (e.g., English - US would default to $, but Spanish might not have a default). It is arguable whether country-based defaults are much more accurate in selecting default currency since e.g. Spanish-speaking Americans still use the Humbled Dollar. Date format, etc. are generally language-based, rather than country-based, as well. I also doubt that the currency, date format, etc. stuff will lead to controversy - but then again I am sometimes a hapless optimist ;-). Ciao, Dre