On 12/15/2012 12:57 PM, andy pugh wrote: > On 15 December 2012 20:07, Rafael Skodlar <[email protected]> wrote: > >> One thing that Americans are terribly conservative about is standards. >> They will not adopt metric system, not even at the gun point. > > Not even using a 9mm? >
they opt for .45 since 1800's. BTW, forgot a disclaimer in previous message. I tried everything else but a gun to make them adopt metric system. Back to documentation. I too was wondering about translating sections of open source software in general. It all depends on where one needs to make changes. Messing with source code is not good approach as that can break it. On the other hand, if the text for UI comes from separate files it would be relatively easy to make translations. There are limitations of course, like GUI space for number of characters, fonts, icons, etc. but that too should not be too difficult to manage IMO. It's my belief that LCNC would be easier to adopt around the world if the user interface supported other languages. People using CNC machines do not necessarily know English that well if at all. Smaller ethnic groups are always shorthanded in this regards. Ideally, one would switch between languages with a click or two. Important for European theater of operations and others as well. I'm not sure why keyboards don't have a dedicated key for LANG. There is this underutilized SysRq key since DOS days. I haven't looked into LCNC specifically so I can't comment on how hard it is to modify it for use with other languages. Standalone XML files for text use in GUI could be translated pretty fast IMO. There are not too many changes between application releases so the maintenance would not require much work. -- Rafael ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
