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Pidgin spell check languages names are not user friendly

Bug #796371 reported by kolya
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: pidgin

In Pidgin message window there is a feature to automatically spell check typed text. There is a menu which allows one to select language. On my system this menu literally contains en_AU, en_CA, en_GB, en_US, en_ZA, ru_RU.

Those should be actual language names (like they are in FF for example).
I'll be happy to provide any additional information.
Thanks.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: pidgin 1:2.7.11-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic-pae 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Jun 12 19:11:51 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=ru_RU:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: pidgin
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-30 (43 days ago)

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kolya (mar-kolya) wrote :
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Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately, we cannot work on this bug because your description didn't include enough information. You may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem.

We have instructions on debugging some types of problems at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProcedures

At a minimum, we need:
1. the specific steps or actions you took that caused you to encounter the problem,
2. the behavior you expected, and
3. the behavior you actually encountered (in as much detail as possible).
Thanks!

Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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kolya (mar-kolya) wrote :

Sorry, I'll try to describe this in more detail.

1) Steps to reproduce:
  * start Pidgin
  * open chat window
  * right-click in the text box where you normally type message (to open context menu) and point mouse 'Languages' option.

2) Behavior expected: languages submenu should contain human readable names, like 'English', 'Russian'. Other applications (e.g. Firefox, LibreOffice) do this.

3) In the submenu which appears there is a list of languages installed in the system, which literally says: en_AU, en_CA, en_GB, en_US, en_ZA, ru_RU. See attachment for menu screenshot.

Also, please note that I have Russian language selected for my account - just in case this affects something.
I think that this problem appeared after Natty updated (I do not remember having this issue before).

Please let me know if I could provide more information.

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kolya (mar-kolya) wrote :

Sorry, accidentally attached GIMP image instead of jpg. Attaching jpg now.

Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)
summary: - Pidgin spell check languages names are not human readable
+ Pidgin spell check languages names are not user friendly
Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)
Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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