| Summary: | help should be printable in english when desired | ||
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| Product: | [Applications] khelpcenter | Reporter: | gerard |
| Component: | general | Assignee: | Documentation Editorial Team <kde-doc-english> |
| Status: | CONFIRMED --- | ||
| Severity: | wishlist | CC: | chealer |
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version: | unspecified | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Mandrake RPMs | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed In: | ||
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Description
gerard
2003-08-19 00:37:45 UTC
I wrote this on the usability list, I add it here for simpler reference: I would like to have access to the ORIGINAL documentation, which happens to be in english. It happens that the translated documentation can be a bit outdated, especially in countries where the translation team is not very big, and tends to concentrate on the interface translation. If no translated documentation is found, the english document is shown anyway. In any case, the user can set up a prioritized list of known languages in the control center. I think the help center only respects the first one... It should at least try to find documents in any of the languages specified by the user. I propose that the Help center should search the documentation according to the locale priority, and for it to have some way to switch from any of the languages the user has familiarity with. Maybe this is too late to do for 3.2, but I think it should be added sooner or later. The feature is probably usefulf for "advanced" users, or translators, like me, so it's okay if it is available only through some not-too-prominent menu entry. Alternatively, it would be great if khelpcenter offered a choice, indicating if one version is more up-to-date than another. |