AW: Changes in the German translation >> Shortcuts

Jörg Kohne <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.amaya.general
Message-ID <DF99220C287842D3ACA4B9BA4609829F@mobilepc>
Hi all,

> As for the keyboard shortcut expressions, I guess we should not 
> change them if we
> do not have a good reason to do so...

A general change is meaningful... 

@Shortcuts:
There is also an ISO document on keyboard shortcuts, which "+" instead of
"-" uses/recommends. Sorry, I can't find the document.

However, these documents may help:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_User_Access
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tastenkombination (in German only. It is,
however, contain a short table showing a comparison of German and English
keys.)

I would add (because the issue is being discussed) that the shortcuts should
be right justified in the context menu.
A further complication is that it is not in German means 
  Ctrl+<key>+<key> and Shift+<key>+<key> (key=lowercase) but
  Strg+<Key>+<Key> and Umschalt+<Key>+<Key>. (key=uppercase)

I have tried to change locally, as a result shortcuts were no longer
displayed in the menu. Hmm, tips for general translation (e.g "Shift" in
French => "Déplacement"?! Whatever it's called in Chinese or Russian, ...,
no imagination) ;-)

Merry christmas,

Jörg

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von [email protected]
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 23. Dezember 2009 13:00
> An: Dominique Meeùs
> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]
> Betreff: Re: Changes in the German translation >> Change 
> other languages, change - into +
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Yes, the two changes mentioned make sense to me but my point 
> was that we should
> try to be consistent between all the languages. Anyway, I'm 
> not sure this is
> currently the case, for instance "New Drawing" is sometimes 
> completed with "SVG"
> in some translations. I've integrated Jörg's patches into the 
> CVS repository. As
> for the keyboard shortcut expressions, I guess we should not 
> change them if we
> do not have a good reason to do so...
> 
> Happy Holidays,
> 
> Fred
> 
>
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