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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: Language fall-back: proposal for a solution
From:       Eduard Werner <edi.werner () gmx ! de>
Date:       2004-05-16 11:20:25
Message-ID: 200405161320.25168.edi.werner () gmx ! de
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Sunday 16 May 2004 14:14, Nicolas Goutte pisaše:

> > > the user selected in kcontrol.)
> >
> > I think that I understand more what you have meant.
> >
> > The key of our problem is the member function:
> >
> > void KLocale::initCatalogue( KCatalogue & catalog )
> > {
> >   catalog.setFileName( catalogueFileName( language(), catalog ) );
> > }
> >
> > as it is the one who sets the file name of the catalogue.
> >
> > So indeed, unlike what I had understood of those classes, KCatalogue can
> > be used unchanged and the changes can probably be localized only in
> > KLocale.
> >
> > And as KLocale::initCatalogue is a private non-virtual member function,
> > you have even the luck to be able to remove it altogether.
>
> Oops, there is probably one problem remaining: the plurals.
>
> For Low Saxon versus German, it probably does not matter, as it is probably
> the same plural scheme, but for Sorbian, it probably does, as Sorbian is a
> Slavik language.

Definitely. It will also matter e.g. for Slovene in Austria or Italy (and 
unfortunately also breaks my suggestion of merging different languages 
together on the fly).

Cheers

Edi

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