[gmpi] Re: 3.19 Localization

On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 01:43:07 +0200, Paul Kellett wrote:
> "Steve Harris" <S.W.Harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >>* GMPI plugins must be localizeable.  The host must expose the current
> >>  language settings to plugins.
> >
> >Shaouldn't that happen automatically though the POSIX i18n stuff?
> >Hypothetical platforms that dont support POSIX could fake it up easily,
> >its just an environment variable.
> 
> 
> Some existing plug-in hosts have language a setting, so it should 
> be up to the host.
> 
> (As an English-speaker working in Germany, the last thing I want is 
> software to assume it knows what language I want to use, or that I 
> want it to use the same language the OS is currently set to).

Right, but the application is free to override the POSIX i18n settings for
itsself.

- Steve

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