Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 18 Jan 1997 20:12:57 +0100 (MET) | From | Stephan Meyer <> | Subject | Re: Jive -> Kernel (International Linux) (fwd) |
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Binding multi-language support to the shell only is not a good idea.
I want nice German error messages telling me that the root filesystem crashed :-). I'm sure that, for many people, a major reason to use Windows is having native language text. It's just that you feel "at home".
I hereby vote for the include-file-#define-solution. - does not enlarge kernel - works from the very first boot message on - translations could be done by simple kernel patches - by using include files, translations are version-independent
Please correct me. I'm not a kernel hacker, but have done quite a bit of programming.
cheers, Stephan
On Sat, 18 Jan 1997, Jason Murdock wrote: > > Wouldn't it be easier and not drain so resources from the kernel to have > the languages handled by the shell? Just seems easier to me to patch > BASH, TCSH, ASH, or whatever shell you want to use to handle the language > you want to work in and are most comfortable in. > > jason > > ================================================================== > Jason Murdock | creature@injersey.com > psycho-at-large | > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Member of the Linux Users Support Team and the Free Software Union > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Projects: Game Programmer's Guide to Linux Library > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > "If we weren't all crazy, we would go insane" -- Jimmy Buffett > > "Onward... TO MAYHEM!!" -- Milk and Cheeses > ================================================================== > > On Sat, 18 Jan 1997, Stephan Meyer wrote: > > > On Sat, 18 Jan 1997, Philip Blundell wrote: > > > Frankly, I'm not sure that the idea is particularly worthwhile, but we'll > > > see... > > > > > > P. > > > > > > > You would be crying out for multi-language support, if the linux kernel > > gave messages in German. > > > > I thought about a text file, that would contain language-specific > > messages. Perhaps, it could be integrated with the linux kernel. I > > wouldn't mind the added size, but you could just disable it, too. > > The kernel would look for it at boot-time and would parse it, if present. > > > > Just my 0,02 DM :) > > > > Stephan > > > > ----------------------------------------------- > > Stephan Meyer > > +49-89-4301114 > > Stephan.Meyer@munich.netsurf.de > > http://fatman.mathematik.tu-muenchen.de/~meyer/ > > ----------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > >
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