Re: [PATCH] #fdo36324 #fdo42929 - option to ignore system input language changes

Please ignore this patch. I've submitted it via gerrit instead.

Jeremy


On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 7:46 PM, Jeremy Brown <jeremy.r.brown@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I wanted to check if anyone had seen this and had a chance to look it over.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeremy
>
> On 11/2/12, Jeremy Brown <jeremy.r.brown@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > This is an enhancement to deal with the following issues:
> >
> > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36324
> > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42929
> >
> >
> > Files modified:
> > cui\source\options\optgdlg.cxx
> > cui\source\options\optgdlg.hrc
> > cui\source\options\optgdlg.hxx
> > cui\source\options\optgdlg.src
> > officecfg\registry\schema\org\openoffice\Setup.xcs
> > sw\source\ui\docvw\edtwin.cxx
> > unotools\source\config\syslocaleoptions.cxx
> > unotools\inc\unotools\syslocaleoptions.hxx
> >
> > Changes made:
> > Created a new checkbox on the Languages options page:
> > [] Ignore system input language
> > This is unchecked by default so that the current behavior is the default
> -
> > i.e. newly entered text will be flagged as the whatever the current
> system
> > input language is.
> >
> > When checked however, this instructs LibreOffice to ignore the system
> > language (on Windows for example, the language from the Language Bar)
> > when determining the language for newly entered text. This is handled in
> > the lcl_isNonDefaultLanguage method of sw\source\ui\docvw\edtwin.cxx.
> >
> > The option is also saved in registrymodifications.xcu
> >
> > There are two main use cases:
> > 1. This allows someone to use a single "international" keyboard on
> > Windows to type in multiple languages, (e.g. English, French, and
> > Spanish) without changing the system keyboard. The person is then
> > responsible for setting the language of each word or run of text
> > themselves using the Tools->Lanuage->For Selection/For Paragraph/For
> > all Text menu items. This seems to be the preferred workflow for some
> > translators and some educators developing language materials.
> >
> > 2. This allows someone writing in a minority language that is not
> > represented in one of Windows' locale options to still be able to
> > type in their language using a keyboard in another "language". Once
> > they set the language in LibreOffice (to Teke-Eboo [ebo_CG] for example),
> > they can type with a keyboard tagged as being for "English" or "French",
> > but still succeed in entering new text in their language. This allows
> > spell-checking to work properly, without them having to select each new
> > word they enter and reset the language of that word to Teke-Eboo, as is
> > currently the case.
> >
> > I tried to follow the code for the "DecimalSeparatorAsLocale" checkbox
> > on the language page as I made this patch. Hopefully I've done all
> > right.
> >
> > It's been tested on Windows 7. I think there is no expected behavior
> > change on most Linux distros because if I understand right, those
> > systems don't report a language to LibreOffice.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jeremy