On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 2:07 AM, Glynn Clements <gl...@gclements.plus.com> wrote: > > Markus Neteler wrote: > >> > > Devs, since this has been asked so often (incl. myself), I really >> > > vote for i18n-tagging these buttons. >> > >> > is it really needed? It is good idea to leave it for underlaying >> > library to get standardized translation within given OS. >> >> This will fail if a user wants a different language than that provided >> by the OS. Me in Japan don't manage to read those buttons >> easily in Japanese... > > Translating the GRASS GUI won't help much if the rest of the desktop > is in Japanese.
Sure, that's why there is a related ticket: Add a "change language" option in GRASS GUI http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/879 > And using a different language for portions of the GUI which are > high-level OS components (e.g. file selection dialogs) may not even be > possible. I had added it 1-2 years ago, it worked and it has been reverted since then by someone else (which reintroduced the problem). Markus _______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev