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diff --git a/doc/kcontrol/language/index.docbook b/doc/kcontrol/language/index.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c93c16190 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/kcontrol/language/index.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,218 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" ?> +<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" +"dtd/kdex.dtd" [ +<!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> +<!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> +]> + +<article lang="&language;"> +<sect1 id="locale"> + +<sect1info> +<authorgroup> +<author>&Mike.McBride; &Mike.McBride.mail;</author> +<author>&Krishna.Tateneni; &Krishna.Tateneni.mail;</author> +<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> + </authorgroup> + + <date>2003-10-14</date> + <releaseinfo>3.2</releaseinfo> + + <keywordset> + <keyword>KDE</keyword> + <keyword>KControl</keyword> + <keyword>locale</keyword> + <keyword>country</keyword> + <keyword>language</keyword> + </keywordset> + + </sect1info> + + +<title>Country and Language</title> + +<para>This module of the &kde; control center allows you select +customization options that depend on the region of the world that you +happen to live in. There are five different pages in this module, each +of which is described in detail in the following sections.</para> + +<para>In most cases, you can simply select the country you live in, and +the other options will be set in an appropriate manner.</para> + +<para>Below the pages of this module, you can see a preview of what the +settings look like. In addition to positive and negative numbers, you +can see how positive and negative currency values, long and short dates, +and times are displayed. When you change any of the settings, the +preview shows the effects of the changes before you apply them.</para> + +<sect2 id="locale-locale"> +<title>Locale</title> + +<para>On this page, there are two lists, from which you can +select the country and languages that you want +to use.</para> + +<para>When you click on the <guilabel>Country</guilabel> list, +a menu pops up showing major groups of countries. You can select +one of these regions and see a list of the countries that are +available for that region.</para> + +<para>If the language for the country you have selected is available on your +system, it will be selected automatically. For instance, choosing +<guilabel>Germany</guilabel> as the country will select +<guilabel>German</guilabel> as the language, if it is available.</para> + +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="locale-numbers"> +<title>Numbers</title> + +<para>On this page, you can select options for how numbers are +displayed. The defaults are selected automatically based on the country +which is currently selected.</para> + +<para>In the text box labeled <guilabel>Decimal symbol</guilabel>, you +can type the character that you want to use to separate the decimal +portion of numbers. You could put anything here you wanted to, but +really, <userinput>.</userinput> and <userinput>,</userinput> are the +two characters that make the most sense.</para> + +<para>Similarly, you can choose the character which is used to group +units of thousands in numbers. If no character, not even a space, is +present, then there will be no separator for thousands.</para> + +<para>Finally, you can choose what character should be prefixed to +positive and negative numbers respectively. For example, the default +for English is not to have any prefix for positive numbers, and a +<userinput>-</userinput> for negative numbers.</para> + +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="locale-money"> + +<title>Money</title> + +<para>Unlike the display of ordinary numbers, conventions for +currency values do vary from region to region. However, you will +find that the defaults are probably fine.</para> + +<para>The character or characters representing the currency symbol +are based on the country that is currently selected. The decimal +symbol and thousands separator work as they do for numbers. The +text box labeled <guilabel>Fract digits</guilabel> allows you +to specify the number of fractional digits used in displaying +currency values.</para> + +<para>For both positive and negative currency values, you can +control whether the currency symbol appears before or after the +numeric value, and how the sign of the value is distinguished +in the display. Note that the symbols used for the sign of +currency values are the same as those used for other numeric +values.</para> + +<para>If the checkbox labeled <guilabel>Prefix currency +symbol</guilabel> is selected, the currency symbol appears +before the numeric value. If this checkbox is cleared, then the +currency symbol appears after the numeric value.</para> + +<para>There are five choices for the way in which the sign of the +currency value is handled:</para> +<itemizedlist> +<listitem><para>The <guilabel>Parens around</guilabel> +option displays the numeric value within a pair of +parentheses.</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>The <guilabel>Before quantity money</guilabel> +option displays the sign before the numeric value, but after any +currency symbol that may be present.</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>The <guilabel>After quantity money</guilabel> +option displays the sign after the numeric value, but before any +currency symbol that may be present.</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>The <guilabel>Before money</guilabel> option +displays the sign before the numeric value as well as any +currency symbol that may be present.</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>The <guilabel>After money</guilabel> option +displays the sign after the numeric value as well as any +currency symbol that may be present.</para></listitem> +</itemizedlist> + +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="locale-datetime"> +<title>Time and Dates</title> + +<para>If you use a different calendar system than Gregorian, you can +choose this from the first dropdown box.</para> + +<para>On the rest of this page, there are text boxes for the time, long +date, and short date, in which you can type format strings to control +the way in which times and dates are displayed.</para> + +<para>Except for the special codes described below, any other characters in the +format strings are displayed literally. The special codes consist of a +<parameter>%</parameter> sign followed by a character, as shown in the list of +codes below:</para> + +<itemizedlist> +<listitem><para>Time format codes:</para> + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem><para><parameter>HH</parameter> - The hour according to a 24-hour + clock, using two digits (00 to 23).</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><parameter>hH</parameter> - The hour according to a 24-hour + clock, using one or two digits (0 to 23).</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><parameter>PH</parameter> (uppercase <quote>p</quote>) - The hour according + to a 12-hour clock, using two digits (01 to 12).</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><parameter>pH</parameter> (lowercase <quote>p</quote>) - The hour according + to a 12-hour clock, using one or two digits (1 to 12).</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><parameter>MM</parameter> - The current minute using two digits + (00 to 59).</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><parameter>SS</parameter> - The current second using two digits + (00 to 59).</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><parameter>AMPM</parameter> - Either <quote>am</quote> or <quote>pm</quote> depending on the hour. + Useful with <parameter>PH</parameter> or + <parameter>pH</parameter>.</para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> +</listitem> + +<listitem><para>Date format codes:</para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para><parameter>YYYY</parameter> - The year, using 4 + digits.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><parameter>YY</parameter> - The year, using 2 + digits.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><parameter>MM</parameter> - The month, using 2 digits (01 to + 12).</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><parameter>mM</parameter> - The month, using 1 or 2 digits (1 + to 12).</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><parameter>MONTH</parameter> - The name of the + month.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><parameter>SHORTMONTH</parameter> - The abbreviated name of the + month.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><parameter>DD</parameter> - The day, using 2 digits (01 to + 31).</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><parameter>dD</parameter> - The day, using 1 or 2 digits (1 to + 31).</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><parameter>WEEKDAY</parameter> - The name of the + weekday.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><parameter>SHORTWEEKDAY</parameter> - The abbreviated name of the + weekday.</para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> +</listitem> +</itemizedlist> + +<para>Finally, there's a combobox labeled <guilabel>First day +of the week</guilabel> which lets you select which day is the first +one of the week in your country.</para> + +</sect2> +<sect2 id="locale-other"> +<title>Other</title> +<para>You can select the default paper format with the combo box labeled <guilabel>Paper Format</guilabel>.</para> + +<para>Use the drop down box labeled <guilabel>Measure system</guilabel> to select Imperial or +Metric systems of measurement.</para> + +</sect2> + +</sect1> +</article> |