From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Eli Zaretskii" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Localization: keyboards and messages (Re: across terminals) Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 18:13:45 +0300 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <8632-Sun28Apr2002181345+0300-eliz@is.elta.co.il> References: <200204261738.g3QHcao05144@aztec.santafe.edu> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1020006918 7704 127.0.0.1 (28 Apr 2002 15:15:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 15:15:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, Pavel@Janik.cz, PPAATT@aol.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 171qOU-000209-00 for ; Sun, 28 Apr 2002 17:15:18 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 171qS8-0001kV-00 for ; Sun, 28 Apr 2002 17:19:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 171qOV-0005Vu-00; Sun, 28 Apr 2002 11:15:19 -0400 Original-Received: from frigg.inter.net.il ([192.114.186.16]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 171qNb-0005RE-00; Sun, 28 Apr 2002 11:14:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Zaretsky ([80.230.2.40]) by frigg.inter.net.il (Mirapoint Messaging Server MOS 2.9.3.2) with ESMTP id BJP04636; Sun, 28 Apr 2002 18:14:16 +0300 (IDT) Original-To: keichwa@gmx.net X-Mailer: emacs 21.2.50 (via feedmail 8 I) and Blat ver 1.8.9 In-Reply-To: (message from Karl Eichwalder on Fri, 26 Apr 2002 20:06:02 +0200) Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:3349 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:3349 > From: Karl Eichwalder > Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 20:06:02 +0200 > > Richard Stallman writes: > > > [...], what domains should there be and what parts of Emacs should > > correspond to them, > > Every mode should have its own domain and the rest should go in 'emacs' > or 'emacs-base'; using gettext tools it is possible to move texts from > one domain (catalog) to the other easily, in case it is necessary. > > > and what interface should specify the language (I think a variable > > should specify this). > > Initialize the language from the environment if the variable isn't set. The discussion we had about related problems several months ago unearthed quite a few issues. I'd expect any design to somehow address those issues, before practical work begins. Interested readers can find the discussions I mentioned in the emacs-devel archives; start here: http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/emacs-devel/2001-December/003666.html