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Paul van Nugteren
pmvannugteren at eml.cc
Thu Jan 18 10:38:42 EST 2007
> > Problem with localised commands is that 'help-files' or previously gained
> > knowledge sometimes pre-supposed the english versions. Setting up localised
> > 'alternates' seems like a pure win. Although commands like 'mv' seem to defy
> > localisation :)
> >
>
> localizing the help files should be the easiest part. With regular
> programming languages...ok so you really need to know english and take
> a few courses or a degree in computer science to get anywhere. But for
> a user programming language, all users should be able to have more
> control over their computer and not just an elite few.
you can localize mv too just do a mv /usr/bin/mv /usr/bin/rename ;-)
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