> -----Original Message----- > From: Michael L Torrie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 16:52 > To: BYU Unix Users Group > Subject: Re: [uug] OpenOffice 1.1 > > > I'm grew up on the metric system and it's great, except for the fact > that our paper (building supplies, etc) is cut to imperial > measurements over here. OO defaults to A4 paper too, which is just > not available generally over here. So we can convert to metric if > we want, but that won't make much sense until metric paper sizes are > available. (Not sure what I'd prefer, a metric-ized letter paper > size or a4-size)
Completely apart from the fact that many people *won't* switch to a different system of measurement, if "interoperability" is any kind of goal, then OO needs to be able to detect the system locale (in Windows, or its equivalent if any in Linux) and choose its default measurements based on that. That is to say, if I install OO on a computer that's configured for some European country, and my printers are set to use A4 by default, then OO should default to metric and A4; if I install it on *my* computer (configured for US, printers default to US Letter) then it should default to Imperial and US Letter, without any further intervention on my part. Of course, I always have the option to change those settings later, but the initial configuration should always be "match the rest of the system". ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
