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

Am 10.06.11 21:55, schrieb Gordon P. Hemsley:
> On Jun 10, 3:00 pm, 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
>>> mozilla.dev.i18n newsgroups; feel free to use either to respond.)
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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
>>> (alias: bcp47).
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>>> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=356038
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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
>>> of.
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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.
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> Ah, yes! I'm glad to hear that there's finally a usecase that can take
> advantage of the HTML lang attribute.
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> I've added a note to the wiki page that this is part of the desired
> state for spellchecking.
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Also hyphenation, http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-text/#hyphenation.

Axel