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Re: Why emacs have not native language menu
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Why emacs have not native language menu |
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Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:35:09 +0200 |
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
>> From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
>> Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:56:14 +0300
>>
>> If you describe in an ISO 8859-7 Greek manual that
>> the following are equivalent:
>>
>> M-x find-file RET διαδρομή RET
>> μενού: Αρχείο | Άνοιγμα ...
>>
>> which are the localized versions, then it's not as easy to
>> remember that the `random' name `find-file' maps easily to the
>> Greek text for "Open..." :-(
>
> If those hypothetical Greek users understand and remember find-file
> _today_, when it is described in a purely English manual, they won't
> have a harder time when the explanations are in Greek.
But we are talking about extending the user base here. We are talking
about those hypothetical Greek users whom English gives a headache.
Not those who have already learnt to survive.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
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- Re: Why emacs have not native language menu, Eli Zaretskii, 2007/07/28
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