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List:       kde-panel-devel
Subject:    Re: Request: better override functionality in locale settings
From:       Martin Klapetek <martin.klapetek () gmail ! com>
Date:       2014-08-28 8:28:43
Message-ID: CAPLgePqj=APNk9jrdo+LwGJwdxw4hdBBqDzQhVsoURWxynbsMw () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Sebastian Kügler <sebas@kde.org> wrote:

>
> There's more than just metric and imperial. This page gives you a slight
> impression of the complexity:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_units#Current_use_of_imperial_units
>
> A binary combobox is just not enough to portray this correctly.
>

I'm actually quite curious what does QLocale do with this complexity. Do
they really do

if (en_GB) {
    beer_unit = pint;
    milk_unit = liter;
    etc...
}

That would be quite strange. I'll investigate and post back.

Cheers
-- 
Martin Klapetek | KDE Developer

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<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 \
at 11:34 AM, Sebastian Kügler <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:sebas@kde.org" \
target="_blank">sebas@kde.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class=""><br> </div>There&#39;s more than just metric \
and imperial. This page gives you a slight<br> impression of the complexity:<br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_units#Current_use_of_imperial_units" \
target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_units#Current_use_of_imperial_units</a><br>
 <br>
A binary combobox is just not enough to portray this \
correctly.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I&#39;m actually quite curious what \
does QLocale do with this complexity. Do they really do</div><div><br></div><div>if \
(en_GB) {</div>

<div>      beer_unit = pint;</div><div>      milk_unit = liter;</div><div>      \
etc...</div><div>}</div><div><br></div><div>That would be quite strange. I&#39;ll \
investigate and post back.</div><div><br></div></div><div>Cheers</div>

-- <br><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">Martin Klapetek | KDE  \
Developer</span></div> </div></div>



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