Re: [Gnumed-devel] the whole language thing

[Karsten Hilbert]

> Could we please consolidate some of our information (some of which  
> may exist only in people's heads and unknown-to-me places in the code).
> 
> I understand GNUmed chose to make English the primary language, I  
> guess that means that the main trunk code contains English strings  
> for all things like menus, menu items, on-screen labels.
correct, same for "basic names of things in the database such as encounter 
types"

> GNUmed is also "internationalized" which means (??) it is configured  
> to *support* (allow) translation?
correct

> A translation is a structured set of strings that are able to  
> substitute for any or all of the menus, menu items, window title bar  
> text, and on-screen labels (literals) for the fields and for dialog  
> box questions or information. (??)
correct except that *some* message boxes are handled by the OS directly so
button labels in them depend on the locale the OS is in -- since we detect and
adapt to that it really should be the same as GNUmed itself

 And where a translation is  
> incomplete, it need not cause any problem other than the unspecified  
> or incomplete portions causing the menus etc to display in the  
> primary language?
correct

> The public db at salaam has a
> 
>       currently selected database language ('de_DE')
> 
> which does not match my current system language ('en_CA'). However I  
> cannot tell that choosing "Set" or "Don't set" makes any difference.  
it only applies to data in the tables

> Either way, the menus all display in English as do the inbox column  
> headings (category, type, message) and it is only the content e.g.  
> "medizinish", "Dokumente durchsehen" etc that are displayed as one  
> would expect to be defined by the content of the data tables.
> 
> With my own local database I also have a persisting (seeming)  
> problem. When I log into v9 using client 0.3.2 from tarball, I am  
> presented the USS Enterprise warning, which I acknowledge. I am then  
> presented with
> 
>       The currently selected language ('None') does not match the current  
> system language (en_CA)?
> 
>       Do you want to set the database language to 'en_Ca'?
> 
> How did the currently-selected language end up to be (or remain)  
> "None"... is this a function of the bootstrap?
> 
> How do I set it?
> 
> If I click "Set" (to set it to 'en_CA') but it makes no difference  
> because the next time I log in I get the *same* dialog that the  
> database language is 'None' does this point to a bug? File a bug report?
> 
> Also, what is "Remember to ignore language mismatch" ... what is this  
> supposed to achieve, and how would it be useful?
> 
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