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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: [Fwd: Re: kfontmanager and kikbd]
From:       m_elter () t-online ! de (Matthias Elter)
Date:       2000-05-02 10:21:32
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On Tue, 02 May 2000, Stephan Kulow wrote:
> I agree with Marko btw 

Ok, but who is going to fix it? :-)

> Matthias Elter wrote:
> > 
> > kikbd does not work/compile currently. It looks like quite some work would be
> > necessary to make it ready for 1.90. If I got Cristian right he does not have
> > the time to do this now so we should perhaps consider moving kikbd to kdeutils,
> > too. This gives us more time to fix kikbd as it does not have to be in a
> > useable state for 1.90. Also IMHO kikbd does not really qualify as a kdebase
> > app. Switching the keyboard layout is a important feature and I for one really
> > miss kikbd but you can run a full KDE desktop without it.
> 
> I strongly disagree :( Kikbd is ESSENTIAL for EVERY language that needs
> different keyboard and isn't presently served with xkb (which works
> funny anyway). There's absolutely no point in localizing the whole
> desktop to languages such as slovenian, if you can't even input (and
> display, but that's usually not so problematic) your texts properly.
> 
> If pressure was put on translators, to make kdebase and kdelibs
> translations almost complete until last weekend, I would expect it's not
> unreasonable from us to expect return of the favor ;)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 	Marko
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Matthias Elter
elter@kde.org
me@caldera.de

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