[TYPO3-core] RFC: bugfix #6932 Unlike the default preview language, fields of additionalPreviewLanguages are shown if they are empty

[Ingo Renner]

Dmitry Dulepov [typo3] wrote:

Hey Dmitry,

> May be I misunderstood. What flag exactly he is trying to eliminate? I 
> see more flags on the screenshot with patch. Is it called "element the 
> flag" now?

well, what's unclear with a before and after screenshot? The core 
renders a flag (the english one in this case) that shouldn't be there...

>> the flags BTW are a visual helper for editors.
> 
> I am not sure how often you make multilingual web sites. Most of my 
> sites are multilingual due to specifics of my country. I do not think it 
> helps to have more than one flag. One flag shows the string that should 
> be translated. One string to be translated. One, not two string to be 
> compared. If there are two strings, translator may need to decide which 
> one of them to use as source and result may be far from original. What 
> if there are 8 languages? Will 8 flags be displayed? How do you imagine 
> it on the screen?

Of course it's supposed to only show one flag and that's what Helmut is 
trying to achieve/fix.

>> P.S. Dmitry, don't be so harsh to people who want to help =)
>
> Ingo, you are prejusted. 

I'm not prejusted I just know that often things you write sound harsh 
although you most likely don't mean it in such a way... others probably 
don't know that - that's what I tried to say.

> Where exactly did I harsh at Helmut? I want the 
> answer to this question and now I am harsh!!! What did I say wrong this 
> time??? 

It was just about giving a direct -1 because you don't "want" those 
flags and without any further arguments

> I am just trying to discuss the issue that affects translations 
> because I know this very well. Should I shut up completely? 

Dude, nobody wants you to shut up, please calm down. I'm sorry if it was 
unclear what I wanted to say...


have fun
Ingo

-- 
Ingo Renner
TYPO3 Core Developer, Release Manager TYPO3 4.2