On 20/07/2010 11:21 PM, Aharon (Vladimir) Lanin wrote: > Regarding the attributes' name (or names), I believe calling them > inputLocale would foster the precise misconception I am trying to > address in the note. It is indeed the locale of the keyboard (or other > input device) configuration, as controlled by the operating system - and > not of the input text. In windows this would be the input locale, as distinct from other locale values. > While the keyboard (or keyboard configuration) > locale is usually also the locale of the typed text, it does not have to > be. A counterexample is given in the note: it is perfectly possible to > type English text while using a French keyboard (and even a Hebrew > keyboard, if all-uppercase text is good enough). The "input" in > "inputLocale" is too easily taken to mean the input text. -- Andrew Cunningham Senior Project Manager, Research and Development Vicnet State Library of Victoria 328 Swanston Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Ph: +61-3-8664-7430 Fax: +61-3-9639-2175 Email: andrewc@vicnet.net.au Alt email: lang.support@gmail.com http://home.vicnet.net.au/~andrewc/ http://www.openroad.net.au http://www.vicnet.net.au http://www.slv.vic.gov.au
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