[Issue 126878] New: Add language country flag next to the language

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https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=126878

          Issue ID: 126878
        Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
           Summary: Add language country flag next to the language
           Product: Writer
           Version: 4.2.0-dev
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: CONFIRMED
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P5 (lowest)
         Component: ui
          Assignee: issues@openoffice.apache.org
          Reporter: marcoagpinto@mail.telepac.pt
                CC: jza@oooes.org, pescetti@apache.org

Created attachment 85359
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screenshot of enhancement

Guys,

Could someone add this enhancement to the software?

All languages names are in the language combobox and I am sure there is a place
from where all developers take the flags.

All one needs to do is to show a flag if a dictionary is available and it has
been selected.

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[Issue 126878] Add language country flag next to the language

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[Issue 126878] Add language country flag next to the language

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--- Comment #1 from Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org> ---
Using flags to identify languages is always a bad idea; or, to be precise, it
works well for a lot of languages, but it is very problematic in other
situations.

You could still have a point since indeed the flags you propose would not be
linked to languages but to locales (so the flag would not be for "English", but
for "English as spoken in the UK", and applying a flag to it would be less
problematic); but still this would mean that we expose ourselves to political
discussions about the proper flag to use for Basque and Catalan, for example.

In the end I see this as a risk to be evaluated before discussing any
implementations.

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--- Comment #2 from marcoagpinto <ma...@mail.telepac.pt> ---
@Andrea:
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=98758

They also suggested Locale instead of language.

But I believe it is doable.

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