Re: Set Document Language

Tomas Frydrych wrote:

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> I do not like the 'apply to document' string. I think it creates the
> impression that selecting that radio button sets the language for
> everything in the document to whatever is chosen. In reality it does
> not, it only changes the document-wide default, i.e., it only affects
> text for which no explicit lang markup exists. So if you select the
> whole document and set the lang to fr-FR, get rid off the selection
> and then go back to the language dialogue and select en-US 'apply to
> document', it will make no difference -- everything in the document is
> still treated as fr-FR.
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> Tomas

That would probably explain why I was having the oddest time trying to
get a document checked as Spanish the other day... Poor dictionary
notwithstanding, it kept trying to check it as English, even though I
used the "apply to document" and thought (at least) that I had selected
everything as well. This should probably be clarified in the string.

Ryan

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> J.M. Maurer wrote:
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>> Op za, 05-02-2005 te 20:00 +0000, schreef Francis James Franklin:
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>>>> Yes, it is HEAD only. I didn't backport it, because it introduces a
>>>> new
>>>> string. But if you insist, I might backport it for you ;-)
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>>> Ah, yes, the string... I wasn't sure about that. I decided on a
>>> radio button, but that makes two new strings.
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>>> http://www.abisource.com/~fjf/dialog/Language.png
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>>> I am flexible on the design of the dialog, but I would be grateful
>>> to be able to set the document language somehow. I've had too many
>>> users asking me how to set the default document language...
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>> crap... that's different on win32 and osx.. can we come up with the
>> right options for that dialog please?
>>
>> Marc
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