tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797212.post7198539195160217539..comments2024-03-28T09:20:06.188+02:00Comments on nicu's FOSS'n'stuff: Keyboard languages, language communities and national communitiesnicuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11787116898361050437noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797212.post-30765367677221246302008-04-29T09:01:00.000+03:002008-04-29T09:01:00.000+03:00@Alex: considering their website uses Russian as t...@Alex: considering their website uses Russian as the primary language, it is natural they are listed there.<BR/>'Rou' is just a stupidity, someone probably thought 'Rom' is to close to Romani (gypsies), used francofony as a pretext and pushed a French abbreviation.nicuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11787116898361050437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797212.post-79805479586011748672008-04-25T22:05:00.000+03:002008-04-25T22:05:00.000+03:00Ah, I forgot about the primary objective of your a...Ah, I forgot about the primary objective of your article. I don't like the 'Rou' thing either, it feels like a typo to me (either that, or I must accept that the world we live in is a francophone world).<BR/><BR/>Why not use <A HREF="http://ftp.ics.uci.edu/pub/ietf/http/related/iso639.txt" REL="nofollow">two-letter ISO codes for the language</A>, as it is done in Windows? Ex: RO, RU, ENAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797212.post-61079370955500852642008-04-25T21:59:00.000+03:002008-04-25T21:59:00.000+03:00Mda... it's weird that the MD community ended up b...Mda... it's weird that the MD community ended up being listed in the Russian section. Perhaps we should say 'thanks' for it NOT being listed in the 'Moldoveneasca' section? :-)<BR/><BR/><BR/>There are other things that are wrong with this community; such as the fact that discussions are carried out on a closed site which is not available to the general public (one needs an account on a local torrent tracker).<BR/><BR/>I agree with your arguments, absolutely. I guess it's a feature of the people of Moldova - some of us feel comfortable with re-inventing the wheel every now and then, when there are already plenty of good wheels on the market.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797212.post-22369644364527744532008-04-16T03:02:00.000+03:002008-04-16T03:02:00.000+03:00Just download & install gswitchit_pluginsOr make s...Just download & install <A HREF="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=319&package_id=98520" REL="nofollow">gswitchit_plugins</A><BR/><BR/>Or make somthing like:<BR/>mkdir ~/.icons/flags<BR/>cd ~/.icons/flags<BR/>wget http://kir.sacred.ru/flags/{ru,us}.svg<BR/>gconftool-2 --type bool --set \<BR/>/desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/indicator/showFlags trueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797212.post-67340732627611436942008-04-15T18:07:00.000+03:002008-04-15T18:07:00.000+03:00Also consider countries like Belgium, where they h...Also consider countries like Belgium, where they have multiple languages ;)<BR/>(But yes, flags would be a nice option, as they are much prettier ;))Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18058648978170984663noreply@blogger.com