From kde-devel  Wed Mar 29 21:39:22 2000
From: Antonio Larrosa <antlarr () arrakis ! es>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 21:39:22 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: Difference between i18n and i10n
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David Faure wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just wondered why the directories are called i10n in
> > kdebase, and what the difference to i18n is....
> 
> l10n = localization (country-specific settings such as how to represent
>            numbers, dates, money, ...)
> i18n = internationalization (translations)

Btw, does anybody knows why are they called with those names ?
I've been wondering for a long time :-)

Greetings,

--
Antonio Larrosa Jimenez
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