[1325] in java-interest
Re: Things to do to make apps internationalizable?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mide Services)
Wed Aug 30 03:16:59 1995
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 02:00:02 GMT
From: Mide Services <mideservices@almide.demon.co.uk>
Reply-To: mideservices@almide.demon.co.uk
To: gandalf@viman1.viman.com
Cc: java-interest@java.sun.com
In your message dated Sunday 27, August 1995 you wrote :
> Internationalizing a Java app shouldn't be mind numbingly hard, since it
> uses Unicode for it's character and string types. However, having
> Unicode isn't going to automatically make the job of
internationalization a
> breeze (or is it?). Is there a list of do's and dont's for making Java
apps
> that are easy to internationalize?
Yes, there needs to be STRONGLY pushed HCI guidelines FROM SUN, before
it's obvious there's a need for them. I'm sure the Java kernel group have
strong views on this, with their move to Unicode, and the international
expansion of identifiers. I don't think these have changed since FORTRAN.
Ask them.
Sandy
--
// Alexander Anderson Computer Science Student //
// Home Fone : +44 (0) 171-794-4543 Middlesex University //
// Home Email : sandy@almide.demon.co.uk Bounds Green //
// College Email: alexander9@mdx.ac.uk London //
// UK //
-
Note to Sun employees: this is an EXTERNAL mailing list!
Info: send 'help' to java-interest-request@java.sun.com
