DocumentationArea proposal regarding languages

[John Hornbeck]

On Sun, 2004-10-24 at 20:17 +0100, Ben Edwards wrote:
> I propose that rather than having all the documents listed in all the
> languages on the Documentation we do the following.
> 
> Very near the top of the DocumentationArea we have all the different
> languages listed Horizontally.  Each Language will then have a link to
> there own page.  This 'language navbar' can also be included on the
> front page.
> 

I must say that I like this idea.
> This will stop the DocumentationArea getting out of control and enable a
> central focus for Each language.
> 
> It would also be good for each page to have the language in the begining
> of there title but I don't want to get into this too mutch as it would
> mean renaming all English pages;) - however I think this would be a very
> good thing to aim for.
> 
I don't think adding EnglishBeagleInstallHowto would be a good idea.  It
makes the link way to long.  

> I also noticed the Spanish pages start Spanish rather then Espanola -
> not really for me to say as I am a ignorant englishman (i.e. I don't
> speak any other languages) but it seems sensible for the Native
> 'spelling' of the language to be used rather than the English one.  Now
> all we need is for someone to take on the Basque translation ;)
> 
This is a common thing I find everywhere.  I work in a library and the
whole spanish section has a huge sign saying "Spanish" and the
Japanise(sp?) has the same instead of the spelling the language uses.

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