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Re: [Bug-gne]Re: Bug-gne digest, Vol 1 #52 - 1 msg


From: Christopher Mahan
Subject: Re: [Bug-gne]Re: Bug-gne digest, Vol 1 #52 - 1 msg
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 17:06:19 -0800

That is why we need to store the articles in xml, because of uicode support. The language descriptor (2 or 3 digits) can then indicate what direction, and what fonts to use...


From: Bob Dodd <address@hidden>
Reply-To: address@hidden
To: address@hidden
Subject: Re: [Bug-gne]Re: Bug-gne digest, Vol 1 #52 - 1 msg
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 13:28:58 -0800 (PST)

--- Tom Chance <address@hidden> wrote:
[snip]
> We can't start having different forms for different
> countries. Not only would we then be discouraging
> certain forms of expression from certain nations, but
> it would get extremely complicated. I would have
> thought that so long as we had translations of all the
> pages (but not all articles yet) into as many
> languages as possible, that would suffice, or am I
> wrong?
[snip]

Well, eventually we'll need different forms:
*) different alphabets
*) different directions for text (rght to left, up to down)
*) easy access forms for disabled people

Not exactly at the top of the priority list, but still needed.

/bob



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