[Lazarus] DefaultTranslator, LCLGetLanguageIDs and Portuguese language trouble...

[Hans-Peter Diettrich]

Mattias Gaertner schrieb:

>  > > If it works, we can solve all these problems by renaming all .pb.po
>  > > files to .pt_BR.po.
>  >
>  > Why a distinction between Brasilian and other Portuguese here?
>  >
>  > How are en_US, en_GB etc. handled?
> 
>  
> 
> The algorithm first searches for the "en_US", then "en", finally the 
> default translation.
> 
> Because the main language id 'pt' differ from 'pb' a different po file 
> is used.

That's why I asked for the reason for the special handling of pt_BR, 
with the *unsystematic* shortcut "pb".

> Maybe pb could be used as fallback for pt and vice versus in 
> translations.pas.

IMO "pb" simply should be removed, and the Brasilian users can vote for 
their own pt_BR translation, if this ever makes sense.

DoDi