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  1. Moodle
  2. MDL-29160 META: en language pack improvements
  3. MDL-25996

Language editing interface terms

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    • Type: Sub-task
    • Status: Closed
    • Priority: Minor
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • Affects Version/s: 2.0.1, 2.1, 2.2
    • Fix Version/s: 2.1.5, 2.2.2
    • Component/s: Language
    • Labels:
    • Environment:
      en language pack
    • Database:
      MySQL
    • Testing Instructions:
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      This is a no clear cut test for this one.

      1. Open the admin/tool/customlang/lang/en/tool_customlang.php (or admin/report/customlang/lang/en/report_customlang.php for 2.2) in patched version
        1. Make sure all variations of the word customisation use the Australian spelling of the word (an s instead of a z)
        2. Check that the descriptions are friendly to non developers
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      This is a no clear cut test for this one. Open the admin/tool/customlang/lang/en/tool_customlang.php (or admin/report/customlang/lang/en/report_customlang.php for 2.2) in patched version Make sure all variations of the word customisation use the Australian spelling of the word (an s instead of a z ) Check that the descriptions are friendly to non developers
    • Affected Branches:
      MOODLE_20_STABLE, MOODLE_21_STABLE, MOODLE_22_STABLE
    • Fixed Branches:
      MOODLE_21_STABLE, MOODLE_22_STABLE
    • Pull from Repository:
    • Pull Master Branch:
      m_MDL-25996_making_language_editing_terms_user_friendly
    • Pull Master Diff URL:

      Description

      Language customization: Should be Language customisation, "z" is for en_us.

      Checkout strings into translator and Save and check in strings into files: These terms are less than useful for users who have no knowledge of the underlying technology. This is developer speak that needs to be replaced.

      Suggestions:

      Open language pack for editing
      Update language pack

      The first of these suggestions should be redundant in an ideal world as selecting the language should take the user directly to this page without the additional step - why else would you select the language from the drop-down?

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          Improvement - An enhancement to an existing Moodle feature. MDL-31582 Random step in language customiser which involves clicking a button and nothing else.

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
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              Assignee:
              gerry Gerard Caulfield
              Reporter:
              ray Ray Lawrence
              Peer reviewer:
              Dan Poltawski
              Integrator:
              Eloy Lafuente (stronk7)
              Tester:
              Rajesh Taneja
              Participants:
              Component watchers:
              David Mudrák (@mudrd8mz), Helen Foster, Víctor Déniz Falcón
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                Updated:
                Resolved:
                Fix Release Date:
                12/Mar/12