From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hadron Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Why emacs have not native language menu Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:33:57 +0200 Organization: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark Message-ID: References: <46A49912.9030203@luxdo.jp> <87hcnujljg.fsf@baldur.tsdh.de> <87zm1j8uhy.fsf@baldur.tsdh.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1185453635 18963 80.91.229.12 (26 Jul 2007 12:40:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:40:35 +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 14:40:33 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 1IE2ds-0002X7-2a for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:40:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IE2dr-0001rY-Cc for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:40:31 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!goblin1!goblin.stu.neva.ru!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 25 Original-X-Trace: individual.net u+cdXWCL9pVgTnw5VpfqsAy2vRD5sXAW4NgWGjEQVE6wEUHJSc X-Orig-Path: news.individual.net!news Cancel-Lock: sha1:CGJrv/r1fpu2iP0ZtvQ2SiqrIyg= sha1:chfywk5Xn3AS14k3swz5DhCRquA= X-Face: 2h#||Cd#d%F*NCm59[_6/{1a@jy%; |j>{D~4^gKg(^i%7j0IK?+,/GmW&:CD5fEKb_! Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAHlBMVEUBAQFeX18kItArui3a MTKtzavJybrGxcW4sbqgoJEo32BqAAAACXBIWXMAAABIAAAASABGyWs+AAAB30lEQVQ4y83UMW/T QBTA8f9ZuKRlyPNUBgRHpO58g5aBPQsrMpWoRJeSCZgIW1lQmRBhsTohMZCZKWKvxAco7VEJkFAl vxQBhTR+DIkTp8AMN1i6+/ne3bPvXcRfWvR/QPJsc/OJ/A7n7+5p/v3e1mlYTHOMXD/ILNRSAymw 6LZUwbVdXUQjB8XNKizmBFXEEOakAhtII1FUUGhNoebOdTqZgb5v7Oi3KWxpBj8TsMOXHASZQL4Q p2t0EQUGV1slOM34mgFa0IjpHpdwFpCUFIBm86QooQ7ueUaGQvSqi0oZCgyA+hVOHEh7DBukg9TA 0cUPVmJ0MkPJBqSGJyBWgoN49H1cRKBrZYJmyBrxLRUEiL26cSgVHV5v5qr0G0tnLiZJuSs0HDmc GCbDZTOzMXjxGNBHFL1c+R86eoxWVVwZ6iEAsrvzRoGAlQkqYfT2BSXBT0M5fOHy3UDxLgGIysyP IUJCBOwjuFo5wzxg4D3LIFaf7KoFUuBDYBt9S3sCP0A/Aisg+AWdgGUI7AGpitQr5+qz9C+lET1c oUd3KmCPbdgrQpjbj9zTmUN96KMlPDdw8zoDtu7t2upqL8w/OFUftr5dP/jiXpfj04qyT/c7j17k f6hByPNK55/eDL8Avva8YfF9tMEAAAAaelRYdEpQRUctQ29sb3JzcGFjZQAAeNozAgAAMwAzERZ+ YwAAACp6VFh0SlBFRy1TYW1wbGluZy1mYWN0b3JzAAB42jOqMNIxrDDUMawwBAARgwLpBsTKKAAA AABJRU5ErkJggg== Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:150507 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:46087 Archived-At: Tassilo Horn writes: > Reiner Steib writes: > > Hi Reiner, > >>> Another cause is that emacs has a precise terminology. To blur it >>> would be a source of confusion. >> >> Do you think the German tutorial blurs the precise terminology? > > I've never read it. But after a quick overview I'd say, no. But the > tutorial is written by one person, wheras if every emacs manual was to > be translated, there would be a need for quite a few more translators. > And the bigger the group, the less are the chances to keep terminology > precise and consistent. It is neither precise nor consistent if someone misunderstands it. It is fairly self evident that emacs applications that could talk multiple languages and manuals in multiple languages would be a benefit for the end user IF it could be done. e.g C is "in English" but there are plenty of German C Manuals and tutorials to explain what the "English" keywords mean.