[HEADSUP] dialog4ports does not popup anymore only for global options

Daniel Nebdal dnebdal at gmail.com
Sat Jun 8 09:37:08 UTC 2013


On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 8:58 PM, Chris Rees <utisoft at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7 June 2013 18:49, Andrew W. Nosenko <andrew.w.nosenko at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 8:15 PM, Chris Rees <utisoft at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I can see your point when talking about DOCS, but for NLS it's insanity
>>> *for general use*.  Give me an example of where NLS non-globals are
>>> appropriate and I'll shut up.
>>
>> The GIMP in Russian locale.
>> GNU Make in any non-English locale.
>
> I guess you mean the translations are bad?
>
> Chris


Even good translations can be annoying if you're trying to use them
together with resources in English. (For values of "resources" that
can also include searching for the exact error string online...)


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Daniel Nebdal


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