[haiku-commits] Re: haiku: hrev44537 - src/kits/locale
- From: Ingo Weinhold <ingo_weinhold@xxxxxx>
- To: haiku-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 08:28:18 +0200
On 2012-08-26 at 21:08:45 [+0200], pulkomandy <pulkomandy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> The commit is correct (I think) and the mappings are:
>
> Punjabi > Pakistan
Given that part of the Punjab region lies in India, this might be
misunderstood as a political statement.
> Note this mapping is only from language to country, and used only for
> getting a flag that 'matches' the language. I know these mappings aren't
> perfect, and cant be, but we have no better solution for mapping flags
> to languages. A rendering of the 2-letter language code may be used
> instead, as usual in other operating systems.
Yep, that may be preferrable. Alternatively flags could be designed
specially for languages, instead of using countries flags.
CU, Ingo
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