Harald Sitter wrote: > a) You do not need to switch your keyboard layout to write in english > b) If a user selects the us layout as default keyboard layout at installation > _even though_ the installer defaults to a sensible default for the language > selected earlier, it is to be assumed that the user either preferres the us > layout to begin with or is indeed native us user and just happens to live > somewhere else (for whatever reason there is). > > Showing an indicator to switch the keyboard layout in cases where layout > != locale layout is simple pointless. You can't even list another layout > because for some locales there are multiple different layouts and you > wouldnt know which one to list. If you care to be able to switch the > keyboard layout at runtime, then there is appropriate functionallity > around to make this happen, but there is no reason why the average user > would need this.
Harald, you are forgetting the countless users who speak a language which does not use Latin script, but Cyrillic, Arabic, Hebrew, Thai, Lao, Khmer, etc. . Those keyboards have two modes, one for Latin (ususally QWERTY layout, although Morocco also has AZERTY) and one for the native script. On some keyboards there is a dedicated key to switch the layout, on others the user needs to use a key combination. However, there is no visual indicator on the keyboard that tells the user in which mode it is. Therefore I think this request is totally valid. What's more, given the high number of migrants and bilingual users with non-Latin script languages in Europe and the US, I would even go that far to install this layout indicator/switcher by default for _every_ user, even if the user chooses to use English as his primary language. Cheers Arne -- Keyboard indicator not enabled by default for non-English installations of Kubuntu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/550704 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kubuntu-meta in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
