Re: Support for BCP 47 (Tags for Identifying Languages)

On Jun 10, 3:00=A0pm, Jesper Kristensen
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Den 10-06-2011 18:50, GPHemsley skrev:
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> > (This message is cross-posted to both the mozilla.dev.l10n and
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> > Hello all,
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> > Axel wanted me to let you know that work is progressing on getting
> > support for the latest BCP 47 into Firefox.
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> > For starters, the main bug we're working in (though it will likely
> > become a tracking bug once we get into the nitty gritty) is bug 356038
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> >https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D356038
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> > Kevin Scannell and I have also put together a wiki page to detail
> > precisely what our plan of action will be.
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> >https://wiki.mozilla.org/User:GPHemsley/BCP_47
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> > Our intent is to fully and properly implement BCP 47 and improve
> > language preference selection within Firefox, while also limiting the
> > impact on the l10n and i18n communities.
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> > As such, we encourage you to voice your thoughts and opinions on this
> > process. None of the steps of the plan of action are set in stone, so
> > feel free to correct and update the wiki page or discuss controversial
> > portions here.
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> > You may also ask any questions or raise any issues we haven't thought
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> > Thanks,
> > Gordon
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> I am not sure if it is related or relevant to you, but since your wiki
> page seems to list where language codes and language names are used:
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> There is a desire, and maybe even a plan, to add the ability for Firefox
> to automatically choose the right spell check dictionary based amongst
> other things on the HTML lang attribute. It would most likely involve
> comparing language codes to find a best fit.

Ah, yes! I'm glad to hear that there's finally a usecase that can take
advantage of the HTML lang attribute.

I've added a note to the wiki page that this is part of the desired
state for spellchecking.

Thanks,
Gordon