On May 16, 1:37 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On May 16, 12:54 pm, Gregor Horvath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Istvan Albert schrieb: > > > > Here is something that just happened and relates to this subject: I > > > had to help a student run some python code on her laptop, she had > > > Windows XP that hid the extensions. I wanted to set it up such that > > > the extension is shown. I don't have XP in front of me but when I do > > > it takes me 15 seconds to do it. Now her Windows was set up with some > > > asian fonts (Chinese, Korean not sure), looked extremely unfamiliar > > > and I had no idea what the menu systems were. We have spent quite a > > > bit of time figuring out how to accomplish the task. I had her read me > > > back the options, but something like "hide extensions" comes out quite > > > a bit different. Surprisingly tedious and frustrating experience. > > > So the solution is to forbid Chinese XP ? > > It's one solution, depending on your support needs. > > Independent of Python, several companies I've worked at in Ecuador > (entirely composed of native Spanish-speaking Ecuadoreans) use the > English-language OS/application installations--they of course have the > Spanish dictionaries and use Spanish in their documents, but for them, > having localized application menus generates a lot more problems than > it solves.
Isn't the point of PEP-3131 free choice? How would Ecuadoreans feel if their government mandated all computers must use English? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
