Messages in this thread | | | Date | 8 Dec 1998 06:49:33 -0000 | From | mal@bewoner ... | Subject | Re: Internationalizing Linux |
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Horst von Brand writes: > I had to live with IBM codes for some time, and hated it every time I saw > one: No way to remember what it was all about, only way out was to grab the > (rather large) codes manual. And that was normally on loan to somebody else > trying to debug a random program. Just to find out it was way off target, > or a ridiculous informative message much of the time. People are _much_ > better at remembering a phrase in an alien tongue than 5-letter codes. >
I've lived with them for some time too and I didn't mind. In VM/CMS you could type HELP SYS1840-21 and get an elaborate description of the error message with often suggestions for solutions etc.
Not that I think it's a good idea for the linux kernel since putting such a thing together and maintaining it is a huge task with very limited use. Translating info files, FAQs and HOWTOs would be a far better place to invest time in.
Lieven
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