From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Why emacs have not native language menu Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:56:36 -0400 Message-ID: References: <46A49912.9030203@luxdo.jp> <877ioqdoq9.fsf@voyager.informatimago.com> <87hcnuc6hz.fsf@voyager.informatimago.com> <878x95dhne.fsf@voyager.informatimago.com> <52sl7dopel.fsf@googlemail.com> <87vec84075.fsf@kobe.laptop> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-7 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1185461713 17568 80.91.229.12 (26 Jul 2007 14:55:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:55:13 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 26 16:55:12 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IE4k8-00067U-VY for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:55:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IE4k8-0000Sn-Jx for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:55:08 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IE4jq-0000S2-LF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:54:50 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IE4jo-0000RM-OP for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:54:49 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IE4jo-0000RJ-J6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:54:48 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IE4jo-0006vs-5n for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:54:48 -0400 Original-Received: from eliz by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IE4lY-00067l-1g for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:56:36 -0400 In-reply-to: <87vec84075.fsf@kobe.laptop> (message from Giorgos Keramidas on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:56:14 +0300) X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:46094 Archived-At: > Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help > From: Giorgos Keramidas > Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:56:14 +0300 > > If you describe in an ISO 8859-7 Greek manual that > the following are equivalent: > > M-x find-file RET διαδρομή RET > μενού: Αρχείο | Άνοιγμα ... > > which are the localized versions, then it's not as easy to > remember that the `random' name `find-file' maps easily to the > Greek text for "Open..." :-( If those hypothetical Greek users understand and remember find-file _today_, when it is described in a purely English manual, they won't have a harder time when the explanations are in Greek. Just like a Greek book talking about `typedef' in C or `defun' in Lisp will be easier for them to read than an English book.