Language switch after paste

maan · Post by **maan** » 2005-10-24 11:38:47

Hi --

I'm having trouble with pasting. I write in Dutch, but if I copy and paste something, Nisus 2.5 switches automatically to English (US). I tried to remove all languages but Dutch, but Nisus still defaults back to English, and English still pops up in my Languages.

I don't think I had this problem in earlier versions. Has a macro been rewritten? Or is it 10.4.2? Something wrong with localization?

Also, if I Remove attributes and styles (from the Format Menu) Nisus does remove all attributes and styles and goes to Normal style like it should, but it switches the language to English as well.

Any ideas?

Cheers,

Maan

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » 2005-10-24 11:53:01

I think what's happening is that your default document is set to English (I believe it comes this way). If you go to the New Document pane in the Preferences, then click the Format tab, you can change the default new document language.

This should fix both problems, the copying/pasting issue and the removing attributes issue.

Post by **martin** » 2005-10-24 15:54:54

Actually if the styles/attributes applied to your text do not specify a language then the system language is used, not the language set in your New Document preferences (Nisus New File). We thought this would be a helpful setting, but perhaps it just confuses the matter. What do you think?

Post by **martin** » 2005-10-24 15:56:45

I forgot to tell Maan: you can change your system language by visiting the International section of Apple's system preferences. You will need to restart Express for the change to be noticed.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » 2005-10-24 17:19:47

Um, good point, Martin. I guess I should have read that guide to switching languages again. Thanks for correcting.

I think that using the System language does make more sense for the default un-styled text. But it took me a minute to come to that conclusion.

niklas · Post by **niklas** » 2005-10-24 23:41:20

martin wrote:Actually if the styles/attributes applied to your text do not specify a language then the system language is used, not the language set in your New Document preferences (Nisus New File). We thought this would be a helpful setting, but perhaps it just confuses the matter. What do you think?

I don't think pasted unstyled text should follow the system language. I often write in a different language than my system is set to, and I have to constantly flip languages as I paste text. I'd prefer all pasted unstyled text to inherit the language set at the insertion point.

maan · Post by **maan** » 2005-10-25 00:49:45

Hi --

Yes I agree: NWE should not switch languages if it is not asked to.

But the problem is solved: I added Language:Dutch to my Normal style in the .dot file.

Thanks!

Maan