Features/Fast Language Switch

Summary

The way to fast switch between languages.

Owner

• Name: User:alsroot
• Email: send an email

Current status

• Targeted release: 0.96
• Last updated: (Fri Nov 18 19:33:30 UTC 2011
• Percentage of completion: 0%

Detailed Description

The frame icon will contain two sections:

• list of languages to fast switch to (with restarting Sugar Shell),
• list of languages to change current keyboard layout for, i.e., having the same language for Sugar Shell, it will be possible to type in different languages.

All language options need to have associated shortcuts to have the fastest witch method.

Benefit to Sugar

This feature is important for multilingual communities when it is important to have the fast way to switch between languages, e.g., people are all time speaking in several languages and educational process is also basing on multilingual culture.

Scope

New frame component.

UI Design

• an icon for frame button

How To Test

TODO

User Experience

This entirely feature is optional.

Dependencies

Nothing except already existing dependencies.

Contingency Plan

Nothing special.

Documentation

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Release Notes

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Comments and Discussion

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