Bug 62924 - help should be printable in english when desired
Summary: help should be printable in english when desired
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: khelpcenter
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Mandrake RPMs Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Documentation Editorial Team
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Reported: 2003-08-19 00:37 UTC by gerard
Modified: 2016-03-12 11:12 UTC (History)
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Description gerard 2003-08-19 00:37:45 UTC
Version:           3.1 (using KDE 3.1.3)
Installed from:    Mandrake Linux Cooker i586 - Cooker
Compiler:          gcc version 3.2.2 (Mandrake Linux 9.1 3.2.2-3mdk)
OS:          Linux (i686) release 2.4.21-0.13mdk

I'd like to have a button to display the english version of the help. 

Why ? Because translators are not perfect -or are late- ans if you read some strange 
explanations in your language, you could like checking what is in the genuine 
language.

Thanks

Gerard
Comment 1 Luciano Montanaro 2003-10-18 22:48:04 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It happens that the translated documentation can be a bit outdated, especially 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.
Comment 2 Philippe Cloutier 2014-09-28 20:22:06 UTC
Alternatively, it would be great if khelpcenter offered a choice, indicating if one version is more up-to-date than another.