Re: Localized Internals of AppleScript (date Class for example)
Re: Localized Internals of AppleScript (date Class for example)
- Subject: Re: Localized Internals of AppleScript (date Class for example)
- From: Adam Wuellner <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 11:03:46 -0500
On 4/15/05, Emile Schwarz <email@hidden> wrote:
> Hi has et. al,
>
> has wrote:
> > Emile Schwarz wrote:
> >
> >>>set Now to date "jeudi 14 avril 2005 0:00:00"
> >>>return weekday of Now
> >>>The returned string is: Thursday.
> >
> >
> > That's not a string, it's a constant. Constants are language constructs and do not change, otherwise they wouldn't be 'constants'.
> Ok, I mis-wrote that part:
>
> The returned constant is: Thursday
[snip]
> Of course, I do not use Mac OS X like the domestic users do: I use the French
> language thus French setting, but why the US constants ?
> If the Language is able to do one part why not the second part ?
Are you able to write "set x to date string of date y" in French -
that is, translating 'set', 'to', 'date', 'string', and 'of' to their
French equivalents - and compile a working AppleScript program? If
not, why do feel you should have localized constant names?
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