From: Dom Lachowicz (doml@appligent.com)
Date: Tue Mar 12 2002 - 21:00:52 GMT
Hi Rhoslyn,
We could be able to do this for you after our 1.0 release, in about 2
weeks. Would this be ok?
As an alternative, we could make a special build for you that sets cy-GB
as the default language for your installs. You then ship those binaries
to your schools. We could build against our 0.99.3 release, scheduled
for this friday.
Would my suggestion suffice for 2 weeks?
Dom
On Tue, 2002-03-12 at 15:56, Rhoslyn Prys wrote:
> I would like to make a request for a means of changing the language
> interface from within AbiWord rather than having to delve into
> Abiword.Profile.
>
> Why? Well, Microsoft (and this possibly applies to Apple as well) has a
> list of languages which it recognizes and references within Control
> Panel > Regional Settings. These are mainly the majority languages
> although there are some exceptions. If your language is not on the list
> then its not supported.
>
> I've recently contributed updated strings for the Welsh language (cy-GB)
> and as Welsh is not supported by Microsoft within Windows (a Welsh
> language spell checker is available for Word 2002 by Microsoft, though)
> it isn't possible to access the interface easily. We have, with kind
> assistance from FJ Franklin, been able to access the interface in
> Windows and Linux via the Abiword.Profile and most is well. (It needs
> some adjustment to the translation, etc.)
>
> I would like to be able to publicise in Wales the availability of the
> first word processor with a Welsh language interface for use on Windows
> and Mac machines of which there are many thousands in Welsh language
> medium schools. However, the lack of a fool-proof means of being able to
> view the interface is holding this back. I would imagine that this would
> be the case for many other minority languages for whom Abiword would be
> an ideal starting point as a word processor.
>
> Could we have a means of chosing the language interface within AbiWord,
> please?
>
> Rhoslyn Prys
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