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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: [kde-doc-english] OT: mixing locales and languages with different directions
From:       Jack <ostroffjh () sbcglobal ! net>
Date:       2012-03-28 20:24:28
Message-ID: 1332966268.22075.0 () ffortso4
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On 2012.03.20 00:50, Yuri Chornoivan wrote:
> написане Mon, 19 Mar 2012 23:52:14 +0200, Jack  
> <ostroffjh@sbcglobal.net>:
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>> On the KMyMoney list we recently had a question from a user who has  
>> his default locale set for Israel, where the direction of Hebrew is  
>> right to left.  KMyMoney does not have a Hebrew translation, so the  
>> English version is displayed - but still right to left.  If the app  
>> is launched with --reverse on the command line, things show up the  
>> correct way.
>> 
>> The user doesn't think he should have to think about this.  If there  
>> were a Hebrew translation, the right to left direction would be  
>> correct.  If English is used, should he be able to expect the system  
>> to know it should use left to right for that application?  Is there  
>> something KMM should/could check for this?  Is this a bug or  
>> enhancement request for  KDE, and if so, which component.
> 
> I think it would be better to ask in kde-i18n-doc (CC-ed). Similar  
> theme was recently discussed with Hebrew coordinator [1].

Yuri - thanks for forwarding.
Albert - thanks for your response.  (I am not subscribed to this list,  
so I don't have that message to reply to directly.)

Bug 296984 filed.  Feel free to add any comment that might help  
debugging or pointing to where the problem really is.

Jack=
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