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List:       kde-edu-devel
Subject:    [kde-edu-devel] Re: still kdeedu
From:       Thomas Diehl <thd () kde ! org>
Date:       2002-04-26 6:26:52
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Am Freitag, 26. April 2002 08:01 schrieb Thomas Diehl:

> The KMessedWords has it's own dictionary, you probably already know that.
>  In there you can change the words into any language. True, that the
> documentation is a little bit outdated, but it specificaly says, not,
> that words are in english language, but, that they can be changed.

OK, but I don't think we can usually expect this from ordinary users. Most 
of the non-anglo-saxon ones will probably say that "it does not work" and 
forget about it. (Just a thought for a work around until the situation is 
solved: Maybe it would be a good idea to make it clear in the GUI somewhere 
that only English words are expected and that users should refer to the 
documentation on how to change that.)

Unfortunately, (as a non-developer) I can only provide user feedback, not 
real help with the implementation.

> Anne: We have a REAL problem here... I am really not sure, weither i18n()
> would be a good idea fr the programs, like KHangMan and KMessedWords,
>  because setting that would mean (would it), that the shown words are the
>  same language as the KDE. What would happend, if someone wud want to
> play in ANOTHER language?
>
> Ideas wuld be nice here :)

Well, I think the primary expectation would be that the words are indeed in 
the same language as the GUI. The main impression of the present 
implementation is that these are programs for children who are learning how 
to spell their own language, not foreign ones, I think.

But you are right, it would be nice in the long run if it was possible to 
additionally switch the language for the word list (as it would be nice to 
switch the language of KDE programs individually, but this is another story 
;-).

From a users perspective, it would be great to get a drop down list

* which shows the name of the language which is presently expected/installed
* allows the selection of another language

But, like I said, much as I'd like to help with the implementation: I really 
can't.

Regards,

Thomas


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