From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Dyballa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Why emacs have not native language menu Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:05:22 +0200 Message-ID: References: <46A49912.9030203@luxdo.jp> <7056BAE9-002B-46B7-A60A-9EDE375392EE@mx6.tiki.ne.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1185271582 15173 80.91.229.12 (24 Jul 2007 10:06:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:06:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Jean-Christophe Helary Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 24 12:06:21 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 1IDHHY-0005pj-ND for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:06:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IDHHY-000540-8y for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 06:06:20 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IDHGo-00050q-MA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 06:05:35 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IDHGl-00050G-3x for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 06:05:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IDHGk-00050A-QI for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 06:05:30 -0400 Original-Received: from fmmailgate01.web.de ([217.72.192.221]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IDHGk-0001Ac-9N for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 06:05:30 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp08.web.de (fmsmtp08.dlan.cinetic.de [172.20.5.216]) by fmmailgate01.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 881009248D6A; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:05:29 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [62.134.225.214] (helo=[192.168.1.2]) by smtp08.web.de with asmtp (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (WEB.DE 4.108 #197) id 1IDHGj-00019p-00; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:05:29 +0200 In-Reply-To: <7056BAE9-002B-46B7-A60A-9EDE375392EE@mx6.tiki.ne.jp> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Sender: Peter_Dyballa@web.de X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19UsXGpOE64/QBDRzPzZ09SuhUXrYGiJxNMyLaB KPST/RjRzvFGits6A5/lmEXhA7GuziqMgwq7NNnFxebU0V8nDh IthSh/tWcamU2ZyyqXnA== X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 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:45922 Archived-At: Am 24.07.2007 um 02:17 schrieb Jean-Christophe Helary: > What is the technical issue with emacs ? The texts are spread over hundred and more files. It's not only menu =20 entries and menu titles, it's also necessary to translate the =20 customisation buffers, the description of functions and variables. I am translating calendar into German since decades and quite =20 complete ... And once the act of translation is achieved: how do you describe a =20 problem with entry 5 of menu 3? By using the French names? By =20 counting? What when the order is changed? What when someone decides, =20 according to writing direction, to order the menus from right to left? -- Greetings Pete =93Computers are good at following instructions, but not at reading =20 your mind.=94 - D. E. Knuth, The TeXbook, Addison-Wesley 1984, 1986, 1996, p. 9