Created attachment 56290 [details]
"Arabic" listed as "Unknown" on ja build + ar and en_GB lang packs

Confirmed in Korean build also.

Hi, 
Confirmed in FR version too. The string [Unknown] is localized in French.

Kind regards - Sophie

The translation itself for "Arabic" looks good ... I guess there is something
wrong with the installed language id written during the installation. Ingo can
you please have a look ?

Supposed to be a problem of "ar" in LanguagePack, that matches to
LANGUAGE_ARABIC in isolang.cxx, that does not match in Langtab.src.

1. Langtab.src in svtools:



        < "Arabic (Iraq)" ; LANGUAGE_ARABIC_IRAQ ; > ;

        < "Arabic (Egypt)" ; LANGUAGE_ARABIC_EGYPT ; > ;



-> No LANGUAGE_ARABIC



2. isolang.cxx in i18npool:



    { LANGUAGE_ARABIC,                      "ar", ""   },

    { LANGUAGE_ARABIC_EGYPT,                "ar", "EG" },

    { LANGUAGE_ARABIC_SAUDI_ARABIA,         "ar", "SA" },





3. Langpack-ar.xcu in the LanguagePack:



<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<oor:component-data oor:name="Setup" oor:package="org.openoffice"
xmlns:oor="http://openoffice.org/2001/registry"
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

	<node oor:name="Office">

		<node oor:name="InstalledLocales">

			<node oor:name="ar" oor:op="replace">

                <prop oor:name="Origin"><value>OpenOffice.org</value></prop>

            </node>

		</node>

	</node>

</oor:component-data>

cc'ing ihi

@ihi: Any reason why this issue is targeted to OOo3.0 but is not officially
declared as show stopper? From the code it looks as if an Arabic language pack
always was displayed as Unknown, so this is not a new defect.

So, is this important enough to declare it as show stopper ? I could have a CWS
ready this evening or by tomorrow, I think, that displayed "Arabic (Egypt)"
instead. If this is not a show stopper I wouldn't bother the next days or weeks
and retarget to OOo3.1

for sure it looks a bit silly ... MH should decide

Yes, its important enough to have it fixed. If OOo cannot even display the name
of the language, who would trust it to implement the other more obscure features
specific to RTL?

I tested in Linux and has same issue
OS: Windows -> OS: All

Working on this in CWS i93555.

In cws i93555:

i18npool/source/isolang/isolang.cxx  1.16.26.1

Now displayed as "Arabic (Egypt)".

Thanks a lot for the quick fix. However, I believe it's better to use just
Arabic with no country associated with the interface language. Unlike English
where there is a US and UK versions, Arabic has one and only one spelling. Using
the country in a context where regional settings like currency and locale
settings is meant is valid but for the mere interface language it's better to be
neutral. OOo already has independent way to set the locale and currency and the
like. Just a thought.

Reassigning to QA for verification.

@munzirtaha: Can't display solely "Arabic" because the language list box
currently doesn't have that entry (which in fact was one of the causes of this
issue) and we can't add an entry because that would mean a new string that had
to be translated again, despite the fact that it would need a new mechanism to
not display it in other context e.g. if only locales are to be selected.
Displaying a locale for UI languages instead of just the language is done for
quite a few language packs, e.g. 'de' is displayed as "German (Germany)".

Resetting to fixed.

@er: Thanks for the fix :)
Now we can install ar lang pack and use Arabic UI by selecting "Arabic (Egypt)", 
not "Unknown" with OpenOffice.org 3.0.0.  This is great!

@munzirtaha: I agree with you about "just Arabic with no country associated with 
the interface language" since Arabic has one and only one spelling as you say.  
Can we ask the developer team to help realize it Later?

@er: Could we add the entry "Arabic" to the language list box and implement the 
new mechanism to not display it in other context Later?

May I file another issue "Add 'Arabic' to language list box"?

@khirano: I agree that it's better to file another separate issue for this. Let
me know the issue id.

OK, munzirtaha san,

It's i93694.

Thanks, khirano

verified in internal build cws_i93855

I've just installed "OOo_3.0.0rc1_20080904_Win32Intel_install_en-US.exe" and
"OOo_3.0.0rc1_20080904_Win32Intel_langpack_ar.exe" and still the Arabic language
shows as Unknown!
Screenshot attached.

Created attachment 56507 [details]
Arabic language listed as "Unknown"

Hi okhayat san,

You are right!

That's why I raised this issue :)

We hope OOo_3.0.0rc2 fix it.

And it will be fixed because "oc" said in the above comment, "verified in
internal build cws_i93855."
:)

okhayat san, please check OOo_3.0.0rc2 when it is released.

Thanks.

@ khirano: please close this issue when fixed in master

Verified with OOo_3.0.0rc2_20080920_Win32Intel_install_en-US.exe and
OOo_3.0.0rc2_20080920_Win32Intel_langpack_ar.exe.

*** Issue 79431 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***

I have downloaded last version beta 3.1 to check this bug if it fixed or not.
Now I can not see arabic or unknown option at all !! see the attachment. 

Created attachment 59634 [details]
I cant see Arabic option

> I cant see Arabic option

It's there but it is hidden due to issue 97710, just scroll up => fixed in DEV300_m40