[Sugar-devel] Ticket no #2210 words don't changed when language is changed

[Tomeu Vizoso]

On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 20:08, David Farning <dfarning at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:54 AM, Ishan Bansal <ishan at seeta.in> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I am working on the ticket http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/2210.
>>
>> To solve the above bug i am thinking of clearing the text in the text to be
>> translate box when ever the language to be translated is being changed.
>> Please provide suggestion on any better approach to deal with this bug.
>
> Over the last month this list has seen a significant increase in
> requests for pointers.
>
> Asking questions is an healthy part of learning, but asking for
> 'pointers' is _not_ going to be particularly helpful.  It shifts the
> effort to the person answering the question rather then the person
> asking the question.  Effectively asking questions is an art.  Asking
> question is so important that Eric Raymond, author of the Cathedral
> and the Bazaar, has written and maintained an article about how to ask
> questions the smart way at
> http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html .
>
> I strongly suggest reading the article.  The time spent learning how
> to ask questions the smart way... and asking questions the smart way
> will pay for itself very quickly.  Questions asked the smart way will
> generally get quicker responses and better answers.
>
> Two additional points
>  -- If you are new to the list please clearly describe 1) What you
> know, 2) What you don't know, 3) and what you think you have to learn
> to solve your problem.  This provides the person answering the
> question a sense of scope.

This is very well put, lately I have felt like I would need to explain
most I know about software engineering in order to give an useful
reply.

Regards,

Tomeu

> The answer someone provides is based on the
> knowledge and needs for the person asking the question.
>
> -- Answer as many questions as you ask.
>
> david
>
>
>> Please provide pointers on the following problems-
>>
>> 1. Please explain me the code "model, _iter = column.get_selected()"
>>
>> 2. How can i check when is the language to be translated is being changed.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> ishan
>>
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