[Scilab-Dev] PATCH for set/get environment variables

[Yung-Jang Lee]

Hi,

Sorry for the "cut and paste" error of my last mail.

 2] and 4] need to change to 'Menus enabled'

> 1] Macau , scilab language zh_TW --> Menus enabled
> 2] P.R.C , scilab language zh_CN --> Menus enabled   //<------cut and paste error in last mail
> 3] Singapore , scilab language zh_CN --> Menus enabled
> 4] Hong Kong , scilab language zh_TW --> Menus enabled //<--cut and paste error in last mail
> 5] Taiwan , scilab language zh_TW --> Menus enabled

Yung-Jang Lee

2009/1/22 Yung-Jang Lee <yjlee123 at gmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> Since Macau, Hong Kong and Taiwan regions use chinese-traditional characters ,
> you can only test  'zh_TW' in these regions.
>
> P.R.C and Singapore use chinese-simplified characters in these region,
> users will most likely only select 'zh_CN'.
>
>  So, we must have
>
> 1] Macau , scilab language zh_TW --> Menus enabled
> 2] P.R.C , scilab language zh_CN --> Menus disabled
> 3] Singapore , scilab language zh_CN --> Menus disabled
> 4] Hong Kong , scilab language zh_TW --> Menus enabled
> 5] Taiwan , scilab language zh_TW --> Menus enabled
>
> Other combinations may work, but is not necessary.
>
> On my machine 1]-5] just works as I expected. But your testing of
> 'Taiwan ,zh_TW'  is unexpected and different from mine. Maybe you need
> set 'advanced' option on the "Regional and Language options" to test
> chinese.
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Yung-Jang Lee
>
>
>
>
>
> 2009/1/22 Allan CORNET <allan.cornet at scilab.org>:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I do some tests about localization , on a windows XP Multilanguage :
>>
>> I set "Regional and Language options" in control panel Windows:
>>
>> 1] Macau , scilab language zh_CN --> Menus enabled
>>
>> 2] P.R.C , scilab language zh_CN --> Menus disabled
>>
>> 3] Singapore , scilab language zh_CN --> Menus disabled
>>
>> 4] Hong Kong , scilab language zh_CN --> Menus enabled
>>
>> 5] Taiwan , scilab language zh_CN --> Menus enabled
>>
>> 6] Taiwan , scilab language zh_TW --> Menus disabled
>>
>>
>> Why 2] and 6] do not work ?
>>
>> Allan
>>
>>
>> -----Message d'origine-----
>> De : Yung-Jang Lee [mailto:yjlee123 at gmail.com]
>> Envoyé : jeudi 22 janvier 2009 10:43
>> À : dev at lists.scilab.org
>> Objet : Re: [Scilab-Dev] PATCH for set/get environment variables
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>>>
>>> Launch scilab and setdefaultlanguage('zh_CN')
>>
>> Under my  Chinee-Traditional (language 'zh_TW') Windows, and set
>>
>>  setdefaultlanguage('zh_TW')
>>  setdefaultlanguage('zh_CN)
>>  setdefaultlanguage('fr_FR')
>>  setdefaultlanguage('ru_RU')
>>
>> for test, menus for 'zh_TW' and 'zh_CN' is OK, but with gray menu for 'fr_FR' and 'ru_RU' .
>>
>> I think it dependents on the code page of the Windows system currently  used. And it is not a serious bug since most users don't set default language not compatible with system encoding.
>>
>> If we want to resolve this bug, may be we should add a encoding argument to  'setdefaultlanguage' for example,
>>
>>
>>  setdefaultlanguage('zh_TW','BIG5')
>>
>> or
>>
>> setdefaultlanguage('ru_RU','CP1251')
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Yung-Jang Lee
>>
>