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README
GENERAL
=======
In KDE 2 we added support for localization of dates, time, numbers and
money. KDE will use this when displaying such information, giving you
a feeling that KDE was written to fit your national standards. To make
this possible, we need to gather some information on your national
standards. Currently there is over 220 countries supported. If your
country is missing, please let us know.
HOW TO ADD INFORMATION
======================
First you have to write a file called "entry.desktop". This file will
describe your national standards. Please read the section below for
more information on that. Please use the file "country.template" as
template.
You will need a nice flag for your country. The size should be 21x14
pixels, and it should be called "flag.png".
To add your information, we need a two letter country code for you country.
Use http://www.tu-berlin.de/zrz/dienste/netz/mail/iso-3166.html as a guide.
Now you are done, and you can submit the files to KDE project by
sending a mail to Hans Petter Bieker <bieker@kde.org>. The files will
be added in the next release. Please include the country code in the
mail.
WHAT IS ENTRY.DESKTOP
=====================
entry.desktop is a file which defines a locale for a country. It's
stored the same way as the rest of the KDE configuration files. The
very first line should only contain "[KCM Locale]". The rest of the
file should contain one line for each of the entries below. Add "="
between the entry name and the value.
* Author
The name of the email address to reach you.
Default: blank
* Name
The name of the country in English.
Default: blank
* Region
Defines which submenu the country belongs to. Currently there are
19 different regions:
centralasia (Central Asia), eastasia (East Asia),
southasia (South Asia), southeastasia(South-East Asia),
middleeast (Middle-East/West Asia)
centralafrica (Central Africa), northafrica (Northern Africa),
southafrica (Southern Africa), westafrica (Western Africa),
easteurope (Eastern Europe), westeurope (Western Europe),
southeurope (Southern Europe), northeurope (Northern Europe),
centraleurope (Central Europe),
northamerica (North America), southamerica (South America),
centralemarica (Central America), caribbean (Caribbean)
and oceania (Oceania).
Default: blank
* Languages
A comma separated list of locale codes for the official languages
of the country.
Default: blank
* DecimalSymbol
The symbol that separates the decimals from the rest of the
number.
Default: "."
* ThousandsSeparator
Thousands separator.
Default: ","
* CurrencySymbol
The symbol of the currency used in the country.
Default: "$"
* MonetaryDecimalSymbol
The symbol that separates the decimals from the rest of the number
when displaying.
Default: "."
* MonetaryThousandsSeparator
Thousands separator for money.
Default: ","
* PositiveSign
Positive sign for money.
Note: this will be used for formatting numbers. Do not add "+" if
you don't really want numbers to be formatted that way.
Default: ""
* NegativeSign
Negative sign for money.
Default: "-"
* FracDigits
Number fract digits used for money
Default: 2
* PositivePrefixCurrencySymbol
If currency symbol should be prepended (if not, it will be
appended). This is for non-negative money values.
Default: true
* NegativePrefixCurrencySymbol
If currency symbol should be prepended (if not, it will be
appended). This is for negative money values.
Default: true
* PositiveMonetarySignPosition
Defines which type and where the sign (if it's positive or
negative) should be placed. This is for non-negative money values.
0 ParensAround
1 BeforeQuantityMoney
2 AfterQuantityMoney
3 BeforeMoney
4 AfterMoney
Default: 1
* NegativeMonetarySignPosition
Same as PositiveMonetarySignPosition, but for negative numbers.
Default: 0
* DateFormat[language code]
This defines how a date is formated. The date string will be
contructed from this string and the sequences below will be
replaced. This should be marked with a language code as well for
each supported language.
%Y The year with century as a decimal number.
%y The year without century as a decimal number (00-99).
%m The month as a decimal number (01-12).
%n The month as a decimal number (1-12).
%b The national representation of the abbreviated month name,
where the abbreviation is the first three characters.
%B The national representation of the full month name.
%d The day of month as a decimal number (01-31).
%e The day of month as a decimal number (1-31).
%a The national representation of the abbreviated weekday name,
where the abbreviation is the first three characters.
%A The national representation of the full weekday name.
Default: "%A %d %B %Y"
* DateFormatShort
This is the same as DateFormat, but is used when the program asks
for a short date. Usally this is used when listing files etc.
Default: "%Y-%m-%d"
* TimeFormat
This defines how a times are formated. The date string will be
contructed from this string and the sequences below will be
replaced.
%H The hour as a decimal number using a 24-hour clock (range 00 to
23).
%k The hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number (range 0 to 23).
%I The hour as a decimal number using a 12-hour clock (range 01 to
12).
%l The hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number (range 1 to 12).
%M The minute as a decimal number (range 00 to 59).
%S The second as a decimal number (range 00 to 59).
%p Either AM or PM according to the given time value. AM or PM are
translating to the current language. Noon is treated as PM
and midnight as AM.
Default: "%H:%M:%S"
* WeekStartDay
This defines which day is the first of the week. Accepted value is
an integer number where 1 means Monday, 2 Tuesday, and so on.
Default: 1
* MeasureSystem
This defines which measure system we should use. There are two
values here, 0 for Metric and 1 for Imperial. Metric would give
you meters (or cm/mm), while Imperial would give you inches.
Default: 0
* PageSize
This defines which page size we should use by default. It should
be the number of the item in the QPrinter::PageSize enum. Here are
some values:
0 A4
1 B5
2 US Letter
...and so on
Default: 0
* CalendarSystem
This defines which calendar system should use. This is currently not
supported by the KDE internals. Here are some values:
gregorian
hijri
Default: gregorian
* AddressFormat
* BusinessAddressFormat
* AddressCountryPosition
These fields define the formatting of postal addresses. For
detailled information on these fields' format, please refer to
tdelibs/tdeabc/README.AddressFormat
Hans Petter Bieker <bieker@kde.org>
Lukas Tinkl <lukas@kde.org>