Re: [Gnumed-devel] Re: Possible solution for altering date formats (Debian)?

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 07:19:52PM -0700, Jim Busser wrote:

>> PG needs it to know how to sort data, among other things. It
>> cannot change it either, even accepting changes in sorting,
>> because that would invalidate indexes.
>
> Don't  the indexes influence sorting?

No, it's the other way round.

> Is it just the character set that is important to the consideration?

No. The set itself doesn't have an inherent ordering.

>>> Alternatively in the GNUmed client menu
>>>
>>>     GNUmed > Options > Database > Language
>>>
>>> there exist about five options none of which are en_DK
>>
>> That is only about the language used to translate strings
>> inside the database - nothing to do with the client user
>> interface as such.
>
> Is the above selection only relevant to  i18n .po files (if they would 
> have been supplied)?

Not at all. Only to the language setting used inside the
database. That is why it is grouped under "Database", after
all.

>>> and the widget seems not fully enough yet developed
>>> to permit to create New or Edit or Delete.
>>
>> There isn't any new/edit/delete with that - managing locales
>> is an admin affair. Only choosing among the available ones is
>> of the user's duties.
>
> Then shall these button be removed (perhaps a leftover from cloning the 
> Workplace window?)

They can't because the widget is a generic one being used
all over GNUmed. Should someone have spare time on their
hands then those buttons could be made hidden rather than
disabled (like now) when their functionality isn't active
(like in this instance of the widget).

Karsten
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