Re: Localization of user replies

On Monday 06 December 2004 11:40, Øyvind A. Holm wrote:
> On 2004-12-05 20:13:21 Norbert Unterberg wrote:
> > Here my suggestion:
> > Allow to localize the replies as well.
>
> Oh no, please don't. This will lead to potential problems and accidents
> when using svn under different locales, or if the locale for some reason
> changes into C or something else. An example would be the
>
> Log message unchanged or not specified
> a)bort, c)ontinue, e)dit
>
> prompt. If you're used to press "a" to abort a commit, and this keypress
> instead results in an accidental commit, it would be a Bad Thing indeed.
> I believe a consistent command set across the languages would be the
> safest and easiest way to go, even if it means creating solutions like
> using parentheses containing the reply to use.
>
> Regards,
> Øyvind A. Holm

Yup, I totally agree. It's better to mark it another way. E.g. a German
version could look something like this:

  [a] Abbrechen, [c] Weiter, [e] Editieren

or whatever... just find a way to not localize the key to press ! I normally
have all my systems set to english although I'm a German. All other people I
know have their systems set to german. So when I sit down on their systems
I'd not only have curse about them having a german keyboard layout, I'd also
have to pay attention to not enter the wrong reply keys which would make it
unnecessary hard for me (or anyone who sits down on MY system ;-)

And if in some language the obvious (or even only) choices would lead to the
letter 'a' being continue that would really be a bad thing, like in:

 a)lter message, c)ancel, e)rrr... whatever, go on ;-)

-- 
Marc Haisenko
Systemspezialist
Webport IT-Services GmbH
mailto: haisenko@webport.de
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