On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 12:40:51PM +0200, Peter Karlsson wrote: > Denis Barbier: > > > Right, but there is another problem: when a translated text is > > retrieved (either via the debconf protocol or by gettext()), > > you do not know the language of this translated text. > > You normally do not need to know the language to wrap text, have a look > at the Unicode line-breaking algorithm. You only need to know the > language for very complex languages (like Thai), otherwise the rules > applies based on the script used, not the language.
Good news, thanks for the hint. Denis
