$Id: README,v 1.25 2003/02/15 11:14:26 jschenck Exp $

GENERAL
=======
In KDE 2 we added support for localization of dates, time, numbers and
money. KDE will use this when displaying such information, giving you
a feeling that KDE was written to fit your national standards. To make
this possible, we need to gather some information on your national
standards. Currently there is over 220 countries supported. If your
country is missing, please let us know.

HOW TO ADD INFORMATION
======================
First you have to write a file called "entry.desktop". This file will
describe your national standards. Please read the section below for
more information on that. Please use the file "country.template" as
template.

You will need a nice flag for your country. The size should be 21x14
pixels, and it should be called "flag.png".

To add your information, we need a two letter country code for you country.
Use http://www.tu-berlin.de/zrz/dienste/netz/mail/iso-3166.html as a guide.

Now you are done, and you can submit the files to KDE project by
sending a mail to Hans Petter Bieker <bieker@kde.org>. The files will
be added in the next release. Please include the country code in the
mail.

WHAT IS ENTRY.DESKTOP
=====================
entry.desktop is a file which defines a locale for a country. It's
stored the same way as the rest of the KDE configuration files. The
very first line should only contain "[KCM Locale]". The rest of the
file should contain one line for each of the entries below. Add "="
between the entry name and the value.

* Author
	The name of the email address to reach you.

	Default: blank

* Name
	The name of the country in English.

	Default: blank

* Region
	Defines which submenu the country belongs to. Currently there are
	12 different regions: asia (Asia), africa (Africa), easteurope
	(Eastern Europe), westeurope (Western Europe), southeurope
	(Southern Europe), northeurope (Northern Europe), centraleurope
	(Central Europe), northamerica (North America), southamerica
	(South America), centralemarica (Central America), caribbean
	(Caribbean) and oceania (Oceania).

	Default: blank

* Languages
	A comma separated list of locale codes for the official languages
	of the country.

	Default: blank

* DecimalSymbol
	The symbol that separates the decimals from the rest of the
	number.

	Default: "."

* ThousandsSeparator
	Thousands separator.

	Default: ","

* CurrencySymbol
	The symbol of the currency used in the country.

	Default: "$"

* MonetaryDecimalSymbol
	The symbol that separates the decimals from the rest of the number
	when displaying.

	Default: "."

* MonetaryThousandsSeparator
	Thousands separator for money.

	Default: ","

* PositiveSign
	Positive sign for money.
	Note: this will be used for formatting numbers. Do not add "+" if
	      you don't really want numbers to be formatted that way.

	Default: ""

* NegativeSign
	Negative sign for money.

	Default: "-"

* FracDigits
	Number fract digits used for money

	Default: 2

* PositivePrefixCurrencySymbol
	If currency symbol should be prepended (if not, it will be
	appended). This is for non-negative money values.

	Default: true

* NegativePrefixCurrencySymbol
	If currency symbol should be prepended (if not, it will be
	appended). This is for negative money values.

	Default: true

* PositiveMonetarySignPosition
	Defines which type and where the sign (if it's positive or
	negative) should be placed. This is for non-negative money values.

	0 ParensAround
	1 BeforeQuantityMoney
	2 AfterQuantityMoney
	3 BeforeMoney
	4 AfterMoney

	Default: 1

* NegativeMonetarySignPosition
	Same as PositiveMonetarySignPosition, but for negative numbers.

	Default: 0

* DateFormat[language code]
	This defines how a date is formated. The date string will be
    contructed from this string and the sequences below will be
    replaced. This should be marked with a language code as well for
    each supported language.

	%Y The year with century as a decimal number.
	%y The year without century as a decimal number (00-99).
	%m The month as a decimal number (01-12).
	%n The month as a decimal number (1-12).
	%b The national representation of the abbreviated month name,
	   where the abbreviation is the first three characters.
	%B The national representation of the full month name.
	%d The day of month as a decimal number (01-31).
	%e The day of month as a decimal number (1-31).
	%a The national representation of the abbreviated weekday name,
	   where the abbreviation is the first three characters.
	%A The national representation of the full weekday name.

	Default: "%A %d %B %Y"

* DateFormatShort
	This is the same as DateFormat, but is used when the program asks
	for a short date. Usally this is used when listing files etc.

	Default: "%Y-%m-%d"

* TimeFormat
	This defines how a times are formated. The date string will be
    contructed from this string and the sequences below will be
    replaced.

	%H The hour as a decimal number using a 24-hour clock (range 00 to
		   23).
	%k The hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number (range 0 to 23).
	%I The hour as a decimal number using a 12-hour clock (range 01 to
           12).
	%l The hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number (range 1 to 12).
	%M The minute as a decimal number (range 00 to 59).
	%S The second as a decimal number (range 00 to 59).
	%p Either AM or PM according to the given time value. AM or PM are
           translating to the current language. Noon is treated as PM
           and midnight as AM.

	Default: "%H:%M:%S"

* WeekStartDay
	This defines which day is the first of the week. Accepted value is
	an integer number where 1 means Monday, 2 Tuesday, and so on.

	Default: 1

* MeasureSystem
	This defines which measure system we should use. There are two
	values here, 0 for Metric and 1 for Imperial. Metric would give
	you meters (or cm/mm), while Imperial would give you inches.

	Default: 0

* PageSize
	This defines which page size we should use by default. It should
	be the number of the item in the QPrinter::PageSize enum. Here are
	some values:

	0	A4
	1	B5
	2	US Letter
	...and so on

	Default: 0

* CalendarSystem
	This defines which calendar system should use. This is currently not
	supported by the KDE internals. Here are some values:

	gregorian
	hijri

	Default: gregorian

* AddressFormat
* BusinessAddressFormat
* AddressCountryPosition
	These fields define the formatting of postal addresses. For
	detailled information on these fields' format, please refer to
	kdelibs/kabc/README.AddressFormat

Hans Petter Bieker <bieker@kde.org>
Lukas Tinkl <lukas@kde.org>
