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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: misc.
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-03-21 10:43:26
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Lukas Tinkl wrote:
> 
> Dne st 21. bøezen 2001 10:03 Stephan Kulow napsal(a):
> > Lukas Tinkl wrote:
> > > > > 2) LANG: KDE 2.1 still depends on the LANG env variable.
> > > > > Will this dependency be removed in 2.2? A lot of users forget to
> > > > > set this to the proper value, and then they can't enter all
> > > > > of the international characters.
> > > >
> > > > Does it really ? Isn't setting the language in KControl enough ?
> > > > I know the issue used to be about local8Bit() conversions,
> > > > but Stephan added something for this, no ?
> > >
> > > The problem goes deeper than this. It is *NOT* simply sufficient to set
> > > up this locale information in the Control Center -- this only works for
> > > displaying, currency info etc.
> > >
> > > The real problem here, as Tamas mentioned, is that X Window *need* this
> > > information (LC_* or LANG variable) *before* it starts. Otherwise you're
> > > not able to enter the "special" characters.
> >
> > But Qt can still work around it, we just have to find a way to let Qt
> > know the
> > right way
> 
> Hmm, what about doing it the other way around:
> Let's add a checkbox (or a Czechbox ;) to the Control Center, saying
> something like:
> 
> [X] Apply these regional settings to _all_ applications
> 
> This way, it would work for all X and console apps (after restarting X/
> relogging), and the user wouldn't have to fiddle around with environment
> variables (that he/she must set anyways).
> 
> Opinions?
> 
It doesn't change anything. You still want to change the input encoding
if you use kxkb

Greetings, Stephan 

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