Catalan (Valencian) locale workaround...

l10n
#1

Hi,

At this moment, the locale code of the Catalan (Valencian) translation
is «ca-XV». But Windows and Linux use the locale
ca-es-valencia/ca@valencia/ca-valencia. The result of this is that
neither Windows nor Linux can detect the language and LibreOffice is
shown in English by default, even if the system has the locale set as
«ca».

To solve this, we asked OpenOffice developers to implement the BCP47
standard that adds support for this code variations. It seems that is
something kind of difficult. But... can we work something out? Could
it be possible that, for example, if the system locale is set to
Catalan and we install the Catalan (Valencian) language pack (not the
«Catalan» one) then the LibreOffice appears in Catalan (Valencian)?
(I'm not sure how to explain this).

Thanks!

Pau

#2

Hi Pau, and others,

2011.02.23 17:10, Pau Iranzo rašė:

At this moment, the locale code of the Catalan (Valencian) translation
is «ca-XV». But Windows and Linux use the locale
ca-es-valencia/ca@valencia/ca-valencia. The result of this is that
neither Windows nor Linux can detect the language and LibreOffice is
shown in English by default, even if the system has the locale set as
«ca».

To solve this, we asked OpenOffice developers to implement the BCP47
standard that adds support for this code variations. It seems that is
something kind of difficult. But... can we work something out? Could
it be possible that, for example, if the system locale is set to
Catalan and we install the Catalan (Valencian) language pack (not the
«Catalan» one) then the LibreOffice appears in Catalan (Valencian)?
(I'm not sure how to explain this).

while I fully support adding the modifiers, it's not possible yet. But it seems like Serbian guys had this problem solved a year and a half ago, perhaps this would work for your case too?

Some links:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Sr.openoffice.org#Note_on_sh_language_code_usage_inside_OpenOffice.org
http://openoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=113496
http://openoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=111003

Rimas

#3

Thanks Rimas for the information,

It's a pitty we cannot use that workaround.

We are considering other ways to "help" LibO (and OOo also) on
implementing the BCP47 modifiers. We'll work on it!

Regards,

Pau