Description: This matrix describes the current locale support in AbiWord.

# AbiWord locale matrix

This matrix describes the current locale support in AbiWord.

An explanation of the column headings is available at the bottom of the document.

## Legend

yes | This feature is done/working.
later | This feature is not planned for 1.0. If you send us code, you will change our minds.
partially | This feature is partially done, but needs work.
buggy | This feature is done, but is too bug-ridden to be usable.
no | This feature is not implemented.
unknown | The status of this feature is unknown.
n/a | Not applicable.

Locale | Auto | Override | UI | Typing | Spelling | Printing | Clipboard | Saving | Other
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
ca-ES | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown
cs-CZ | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown
cy-CY | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown
da-DK | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown
de-DE | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown
du-NL | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown
en-US | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown
es-ES | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown
fi-FI | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown
fr-FR | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown
gl-ES | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown
hu-HU | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown
id-ID | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown
it-IT | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown
it-LT | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown
da-DK | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown
nb-NO | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown
nn-NO | unknown | yes | unknown | yes | unknown | yes | yes | 1186 | unknown
pl-PL | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown
pt-BR | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown
pt-PT | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown
ru-RU | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown
sv-SE | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown
uk-UA | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown
zh-CN | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown
zh-TW | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown

## Column explanation

Locale
  Locale code (usually in the form “language-COUNTRY”).
Auto
  Without any manual configuration, AbiWord automatically recognizes and honors your platform-specific locale settings. Among other things, this would mean invoking the appropriate input method(s), if any.
Override
  If set, we should also honor any locale overrides in the system and user preferences files.
UI
  On launch, the entire application user interface (menus, toolbars, dialogs, and messages) is properly localized. None of the dialogs have truncated labels.
Typing
  You can type in the appropriate language. Without swearing. ;-)
Spelling
  Spell check Just Works too, provided you've installed an appropriate dictionary.
Printing
  You can print what you’ve typed in a WYSIWYG fashion. This may require some twiddling with fonts.
Clipboard
  You can cut and paste content to and from the clipboard.
Saving
  The resulting document gets saved as Unicode, if necessary, rather than in some platform-specific charset. This file can be opened and read properly on a different platform. (For example, Russian documents authored on Windows can be read on Linux, and vice versa.)
Other
  Any other problems with the localization.

Last updated: 2001-03-17