Re: Language switcher applet

[Simos Xenitellis <simos74 gmx net>]

Germán Poó Caamaño wrote:

> Le jeudi 21 juillet 2005 à 22:23 +0700, Ross Golder a écrit :
>  
>
> > I now use GNOME from day-to-day in my secondary language (Thai). I've
> > found it has helped me practice reading/typing Thaiscript (a non-Roman
> > alphabet) and is improving my Thai vocabulary. However, from
> > time-to-time I come across a translated error message (in Thai) that I
> > don't understand (yet!). Wouldn't it be great if I could switch the
> > displayed language of all the GNOME applications on the screen with a
> > language switcher applet, as easily as you can switch the keyboard
> > layout between US and Thai (and British when I need a pound sign!). Not
> > only would it let me get on quicker, but it would also help me improve
> > my language skills, as I could spend a moment each time I get stuck
> > flicking between the two languages and learn the words and the meaning
> > of the phrases without having to resort to the dictionary :)
> >
> > I can think of tons of cases where this feature would be useful and it
> > would be yet another cool feature that all the other desktops don't have
> > (yet, afaik). So, I'm just wondering if it can be done and what would be
> > involved.
> >    
>
> I can comment another case.  In my desktop on my job I use French, as
> the same plan as you (my native language is Spanish).  However, when I
> run synaptic (the software to update/upgrade my Debian/Ubuntu machine),
> but when I need to answer a dialog, I'd like to see the dialog in
> English (because I could break my machine if I misundertood a dialog).
>  
I would recommend to first search GNOME Bugzilla and if not found, make 
a bugzilla report on this, as an RFE (Request For Enhancement).
I remember this being discussed in the list at least for a couple of times.

Simos