Re: internationalisation

In message <20011231234627.A5078_at_lemuria.org>, Tom writes:
>how can we take this into account? I see two possible solutions:
>
>a) use generic fields
> example: no ../../.... for dates, instead a generic text field
>
>b) make fields configurable

In the specific case of dates, you probably want to store them in some
abstract binary form (time_t, say) and use strftime("%x") and so on for
display. For names and addresses, there probably isn't any point in
trying to impose any kind of structure -- just use a free-form text field
and let the user format things how he wants.

On the subject of text, does any released version of GTK support UTF-8 yet?

By the way, can we go easy on the cross-posting between ipaq and gpe mailing
lists?

p.
Received on Mon Dec 31 2001 - 17:46:35 EST