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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: RFC: Add ISO Currency Code support to KLocale
From:       Guillaume DE BURE <guillaume.debure () gmail ! com>
Date:       2009-11-04 6:35:42
Message-ID: 200911040735.43197.guillaume.debure () gmail ! com
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Le lundi 2 novembre 2009 23:41:36, John Layt a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> I am proposing to change KLocale to support the ISO 4217 Currency Code 
> standard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217).
> 
> The existing currency support is based on a free-text currency symbol field. 
> This leaves applications such as KSpread, KMyMoney, Skrooge, Kraft, 
> KEuroCalc, and various Plasma widgets to provide their own implementation of 
> the ISO codes and translations of the names, leading to unnecessary 
> duplication and inconsistency.
Fully agreed ! Having this kind of information managed in KDE would be really useful \
from a Skrooge point of view.

> 
> This is an initial proposal aimed at improving the l10n and i18n issues, so 
> comment is particularly sought from the translation teams on a number of 
> issues, especially given how much work may be involved for them.  
> 
> I am also seeking comment from the various financial applications to ensure 
> the initial implementation is flexible enough to meet their needs both now and 
> in the future.
> 
> Details of the Design and Outstanding Issues are at 
> http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/kdelibs/localisation#ISO_4217_Currency_Code_Support \
>  and the initial code can be found on the Review Board at 
> http://reviewboard.kde.org/r/2049 .
> 
I will discuss details with Stéphane and get back to you. Thanks for working on this \
! :D

Guillaume
 
> Thanks!
> 
> John.
> 


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