Re: [9fans] localization

["Lluís Batlle i Rossell" <viriketo@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 02:17:54PM -0400, erik quanstrom wrote:
> > Those knowing how to program well are those who can deal with English easily.
> > Writing with a latin script without diacritics makes the life easier too. Even
> > the whole old story about 'char' holds a character can go just fine.
> >
> > It's also easier to deal with fixed-width fonts than with many typing fanciness,
> > as it is easier to take types as fixed drawings than combine them as in arabic.
>
> both of these problems are quite easy to solve, since they
> can be solved once, and are solved problems in plan 9.

But then comes the antialiasing, the subpixel rendering for LCDs, the hinting,
and all becomes quite complex. I think plan9 works mostly with bitmap fonts,
isn't it?

I was not aware that plan9 had the arabic linking solved. Good to know!

As for the localisation of software, regarding the implementation to allow
comfortable localisation without much trade-offs, I can't suggest anything of
value now.

Thank you,
Llu�s.