locale specific for .desktop

Takao Fujiwara Takao.Fujiwara at Sun.COM
Mon Oct 22 07:10:32 PDT 2007


Patryk Zawadzki さんは書きました:
> 2007/10/22, Takao Fujiwara <Takao.Fujiwara at sun.com>:
>> Patryk Zawadzki さんは書きました:
>>> Why not fix the application in the first place? You don't have to
>>> translate it, just make it work properly.
>> The application supports one locale. If we support some locales, we need to buy the locale data, then this couldn't be resolved in the software level.
>> If we(Sun) say to support a locale, we need to provide the translation.
> 
> No, you just call it "Chinese Dictionary" in the desktop file or "Map
> of Japan" or whatever name clearly states the language or locale
> involved. No software should ever change the content available to the
> user based on the current system locale.
> 

Unfortunatelly it's not expected the application is shown on other locales.
The application needs to be shown on a locale only in the menu and I'm finding the resolution.



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