[Sugar-devel] Language Support

[Sam P.]

Hi Tony,

The control panel is very simple.  The left column is the language and the
right column is the region/dialect.

Maybe that should be a column header?

Also, there is no conflicting "+" and "add" buttons.  The dropdown for the
language selectors in a up or down arrow, while the add a new language
button is a "+".  The hitbox for the expand/contract the dropdown includes
the button and the label, making it more discoverable.

Maybe it should use palettes (or modals with search!) to be more
consistent, but it is actually a very nice ui considering it does a very
complex job.

I opened the control panel on the same OLPC OS image that you are running,
can can not reproduce many (any?) of the issues you're describing.

Please consider opening separate tickets for the issues.

Thanks,
Sam

On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 9:26 PM Tony Anderson <tony_anderson at usa.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> To continue the story. The way it works, you click on the button to the
> left of the language (English) to
> get a list. You click on the language to get a dialect (or region?). You
> click on the dialect to select it. You then click on the
> + button to get it 'really' selected. You then click on the top right
> button to restart as always.
>
> After restarting the added language (German) is the system language.
> However, when going back to the
> language selection in settings, German is the only language shown. So
> you need to click to open the language
> list, click on English. This opens up the options of Australien and USA.
> Incidentally, that is now the only line, the German
> option has disappeared.
>
> I tried Arabic. There are 12 regions or dialects available. That list is
> in English. I selected Egypt and was able to
> switch to Arabic. To switch back, I clicked on the button to the left of
> Arabic (only line). It lists alternate languages
> in a mixture of Arabic and Latin alphabets. English is evidently shown
> in Arabic but Spanish is Spanish. I selected
> Spanish getting 21 regional choices all in Arabic except USA. I selected
> USA and switched the system to Spanish.
>
> I then went back to settings and got a list of languages in Spanish
> (Inglés). I selected that option and got a choice
> of Australia and USA. I was able to get back to the original English,
> USA option.
>
> Tony
>
>
> On 08/12/2015 12:55 PM, Tony Anderson wrote:
> > I was surprised and embarrassed yesterday trying to show how easy it
> > is to switch
> > languages. I was using a 13.2.5 image.
> >
> > In previous versions, you go to settings and language and get a long
> > list of supported
> > languages. In 13.2.5, you get a statement: 'Add languages in the order
> > you prefer'.
> > So I clicked on + to add German. It added another row: English USA + -
> >
> > In the press of the moment, I couldn't find any other language that
> > English USA.
> >
> > However, today I found that the trick is to click on the button to the
> > left of the word English. This
> > opens the expected list. Click on German adds a line with dialects:
> > Austria, Belgium, Germany, ...
> >
> > Unfortunately, the use of the word 'add' together with a '+' button at
> > least in my case led to confusion.
> >
> > Tony
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