Re: Why emacs have not native language menu

[Jean-Christophe Helary]

On 24 juil. 07, at 23:26, Thien-Thi Nguyen wrote:

> () Jean-Christophe Helary <fusion@mx6.tiki.ne.jp>
> () Tue, 24 Jul 2007 23:00:28 +0900
>
>    No because the people who pretend that there are technical
>    issues or that "it is impossible" do not make sense in the
>    first place.
>
> perhaps you misunderstand them (more than they misunderstand you).

Pascal Bourguignon's replies are a good example of misunderstanding  
me: I am not talking about localizing the function names, which would  
definitely create a mess, but about localizing the interface, as  
Hadron very clearly put it. Or maybe Hadron is totally misunderstood  
too ?

> you say, why not redesign to fit more the ideal?

It is not the ideal, it is the practical.

> i invite you to cross the schism between writer of text and writer
> of programs.  there is lots of fun on both sides.  in this way, i
> hope to "localize" you to reality.  :-D

My reality is already full of fun. I am trying to save time for the  
practical.


Jean-Christophe Helary