Arabic language date and time in Western Arabic

wldchtgmlcm · April 13, 2022, 11:18:42 PM

When I select Arabic language for FET, the date and time in the generated timetables are in eastern Arabic numerals. Is there a way to display them in Western Arabic numerals?

Liviu Lalescu · April 14, 2022, 12:26:33 AM

Hello, @wldchtgmlcm ,

Thank you for your interest! I will consider your problem. @Volker Dirr , @Benahmed Abdelkrim , what do you suggest? Could we add, like en_GB, an ar_DZ and ar_MA, with only a few translated fields?

PS: I will move your post to the Suggestions board.

Liviu Lalescu · April 14, 2022, 02:53:50 PM

Hmm, it won't work. If we want to make an ar_DZ or ar_MA translation, we need to make these files the same as ar. This means a double (triple) work for the Arabic translator and double (triple) files.

A solution might be to have the language ar_DZ and ar_MA to only load the locale and use the ar translation.

Benahmed Abdelkrim · April 14, 2022, 06:57:15 PM

I wonder why there is a duality in the numbers used?, the version number in Arabic numbers, while the date and time are written in Indian (or Oriental) numbers. I think it is very useful to avoid this duality and to be content only with Arabic (so-called Western) numbers, which are universal and understood by all users, unlike Indian (or Eastern) numbers, their use is rare and keeps decreasing. I think that a single translation file taking into account the Arabic numbers will be more than enough.

Liviu Lalescu · April 14, 2022, 09:45:01 PM

I will try tomorrow (I also tried today, without satisfaction). The reason is that I tried to keep the file fet_ar. I could very easily rename to fet_ar_DZ, but won't this upset Moroccan users or other countries? What locale is default with Western without specifying the country?

Liviu Lalescu · April 15, 2022, 12:21:32 PM

I did it with tricks: https://lalescu.ro/liviu/fet/download/test/

Please let me know.

Benahmed Abdelkrim · April 15, 2022, 03:05:04 PM

Congratulations!
The operation was successful.
Thank you, dear Liviu.

Liviu Lalescu · April 15, 2022, 03:06:53 PM

You are welcome!

wldchtgmlcm · April 15, 2022, 04:00:54 PM

Quote from: Liviu Lalescu on April 14, 2022, 09:45:01 PMI will try tomorrow (I also tried today, without satisfaction). The reason is that I tried to keep the file fet_ar. I could very easily rename to fet_ar_DZ, but won't this upset Moroccan users or other countries? What locale is default with Western without specifying the country?

Maybe you can name it Maghrebi Arabic or Northwest African Arabic.

Liviu Lalescu · April 15, 2022, 04:04:42 PM

Quote from: wldchtgmlcm on April 15, 2022, 04:00:54 PMMaybe you can name it Maghrebi Arabic or Northwest African Arabic.

Unfortunately, these two options are not available in Qt. I just kept it Arabic, and the internal representation will use ar_DZ locale. Thank you for the suggestion!

wldchtgmlcm · April 15, 2022, 04:08:57 PM

Quote from: Liviu Lalescu on April 15, 2022, 12:21:32 PMI did it with tricks: https://lalescu.ro/liviu/fet/download/test/

Please let me know.

Congratulations! What about FET for macOS?

Liviu Lalescu · April 15, 2022, 04:14:27 PM

Quote from: wldchtgmlcm on April 15, 2022, 04:08:57 PMCongratulations! What about FET for macOS?

Darren will probably compile it soon after the official release of FET-6.3.3, which I hope will be on Monday, 18 April, or a bit later.

wldchtgmlcm · April 15, 2022, 05:41:28 PM

WOW! Excellent. I can not wait to see. Thanks.

Liviu Lalescu · April 15, 2022, 05:44:00 PM

You are welcome!

Liviu Lalescu · April 16, 2022, 09:09:34 PM

Hello, @wldchtgmlcm , I just released the new official version, FET-6.3.3. After Darren will update it, you will be able to use the Mac OS X version.