Re: using ISO for lists of countries etc.

[Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>]

On Thu, 2005-05-19 at 13:21 +0930, Clytie Siddall wrote:
> Hello :)
> 
> I'm working my way through Evolution for Gnome 2.12, and yet again  
> I'm having to fill in a huge list of countries. (The file was partly- 
> translated, so I can't just fill them in from my compendium/tmx.)
> 
> I would suggest that Gnome files use the current ISO lists. Having  
> translated those once, it seems a waste of effort and file space, to  
> me, to have to do it over and over in different Gnome files.
> 
> The ISO-3166 lists include country names, state/province names,  
> languages and currencies for the world. They are freely available and  
> up-to-date, and would be an excellent system resource. Most likely,  
> they are already there.
> 
> Would it be a complex task for Gnome files to access these files?

I guess you are referring to the iso-lists package. It's quite new, and
it's meant to solve these problems. I'm sure that the evolution-hackers
mailing list would welcome a patch or suggestion.

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