Developers of Sympa

[Petr Prazak <address@concealed>]

24.4.2001, Olivier Salaun wrote on subject `[sympa-dev] Language selection 
proposal':

>>  I'd like to propose the following patch that implements automatic
>>  selection for WWSympa anonymous users. Their language preference is
>>  taken from the HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE env. variable.

> I don't think HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGAGE is the right way to deduce the user's
> language (though I told you about it) because lots of people use english 
> navigators (I use an english version of Netscape because it is the RPM 
> distributed with RedHat).

It is just an excuse. :)
Even in the English version of Navigator you can say that you
prefer French before English.  In Navigator, select Edit/Preferences,
Navigator/Languages and click on Add.

>>  I will have a lots of Czech users, which have the Czech as default
>>  language (usually with M$ IE) and it would help them a lot with
>>  understanding the WWSympa interface.

> Didn't you define your Sympa's default language in sympa.conf ?

Well, but I plan to have foreign users as well (English, German even
maybe French speaking), so may site-wide language setting is English.

> Maybe we could make 'Preferences' available to anonymous (not logged in)
> users, so they can choose the User Interface's language. Then WWSympa
> has to set an additional lang cookie on the client's side.

Yes, it would be great.

Best regards,
  Petr Prazak