RE: Euro support in GNUstep

[Peron, Stéphane]

Some languages are not complety supported.  For example, in french, many
accents are missing.
Wouldn't it be the time to update these language files too ?

Stef


> -----Message d'origine-----
> De:   Nicola Pero [SMTP:nicola@brainstorm.co.uk]
> Date: lundi 7 janvier 2002 15:17
> À:    Martin Brecher
> Cc:   discuss-gnustep@gnu.org; Adam Fedor
> Objet:        Re: Euro support in GNUstep
> 
> > 
> > quick idea: 
> > 1. rename the old Language files to e.g. 'German.old', and have the file
> 
> > 'German' include the new values.
> > 2. introduce defaults setting like GSLoadOldLanguageFiles yes/no. 
> > 3. a) If setting is 'yes' try to load e.g. 'German.old' and fall back to
> 
> > 'German' if it does not exist. OR load 'German' first and then load 
> > 'German.old' (if it exists) so that German.old has to contain only the
> old 
> > currency related strings which will replace the ones loaded before from
> file 
> > 'German'. (the second approach seems better to me)
> >     b) if setting is 'no' just proceed as normal and load e.g. 'German'.
> > 
> > Don't know whether this is of any use or whether its too much overkill
> to 
> > implement. From March 1st the Euro is the only used currency in those
> countries
> > anyway. 
> 
> I quite agree with Martin - I suggest that - 
> 
>  - all standard Language files involved switch to use the euro
>    immediately, before the new release of gnustep-base is done.
> 
>  - the old Language files (with the old currencies) are never loaded or
>    used unless specifically requested.
> 
> That makes gnustep-base useful to write new software making use of money,
> and also to compile and use existing software using money in current real
> life.
> 
> Old software having to deal with old accounts in national currency - thus
> having to deal with both old and new currencies is in trouble anyway :-)
> it needs to have a way to know, for each amount, in which currency it is
> expressed ... probably the Languages file are little help there, such kind
> of software will need to contain its own currency code anyway.
> 
> If I had such software, I would probably convert all old amounts into euro
> (if possible) and then switch the whole system into using euro both for
> historical and new data, it looks much simpler than having to keep a
> multi-currency system forever.  It also means you can more meaningfully
> compare old data with new ones since they are expressed in the same
> currency.
> 
> So I think we probably need not bother with old currencies, and just drop
> them all and switch to the euro.  But yes - we could keep the old
> Languages files around and perhaps even provide a way to load them ... as
> a temporary measure I would say, if we do it let's pick up a date, say 31
> December 2002, and let's drop all old currency code by that date.
> 
> This is just a suggestion under my feeling that there are not many users
> who need the double currencies ... if anybody has accounting software
> based on gnustep-base which needs support for the double currency please
> let us know.
> 
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