On 15.05.21 14:35, notebook wrote:
Apart from the KDE-guy this sounds like "it's already like this" and
"others use it, too". Perhaps I should search for records of that
meeting in 2010 - or even dig into the reasoning behind `localedir`
(any input welcome).
As one of the people involved fro
On Saturday, May 15, 2021 08:35:41 AM notebook wrote:
> rhkramer:
> > I am not likely to ever try to
> > access a help file in other than my native language ((American) English),
> > so getting into a directory with all the other English help files seems
> > more natural to me.
>
> Unfortunately t
Thank you for input on this topic!
jtojnar:
Note that filesystem hierarchy standard already turns the system into a big soup.
I would guess it has been influenced by the localedir notably used by
Shaun McCance:
it is what it is. It's not worth the effort to change it at this point.
The KDE p
> On Sun, 2021-05-09 at 07:41 +0900, notebook wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Summary
> >
> > I'd like to know why help files are sorted by language first and then
> > by application name, instead of the other way around.
> > // I hope this is the right place
> > Details
> > ===
> > In [1]
On Sun, 2021-05-09 at 07:41 +0900, notebook wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Summary
>
> I'd like to know why help files are sorted by language first and then
> by application name, instead of the other way around.
> // I hope this is the right place
I can provide some insight into this, but the deta
> I'd like to know why help files are sorted by language first and then
> by application name, instead of the other way around.
I would guess it has been influenced by the localedir notably used by
GNU gettext (/usr/share/locale). Or maybe mandir (/usr/share/man),
which also supports localizatio
Hello,
Summary
I'd like to know why help files are sorted by language first and then by
application name, instead of the other way around.
// I hope this is the right place
Details
===
In [1] is specified, that help files are found under `$XDG_DATA_DIRS/help/$lang/$path/`.
That i
