User talk:BPK

Welcome[edit]

Welcome!

Hello, BPK, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. Again, welcome! TheoloJ (talk) 10:52, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edits[edit]

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Switch element in SVG[edit]

The feature you asked about at Talk: Scalable Vector Graphics is described at [1], particularly [2]. If you examine the source code of this example you can see how it is done. In Firefox you can set the language preference at Tools->Options->Content->Languages (I have changed the language on my system before, but can't remember exactly how to make it work). To save you time, here is a cut down bit of the source.

  <switch>
    <g id="Deutch" systemLanguage="de">
      <text class="label" text-anchor="end"     x="153" y="90" > Dampf  </text>
      <text class="label" text-anchor="end"     x="218" y="410"> Wasser </text>
    </g>
    <g id="English" systemLanguage="en">
      <text class="label" text-anchor="end"     x="153" y="90" > steam  </text>
      <text class="label" text-anchor="end"     x="218" y="410"> water  </text>
    </g>
    <g id="Francais" systemLanguage="fr">
      <!-- this French is largely guesswork -->
      <text class="label" text-anchor="end"     x="153" y="90" > vapeur  </text>
      <text class="label" text-anchor="end"     x="218" y="410"> eau      </text>
    </g>
  </switch>

Hope this helps. Globbet (talk) 23:14, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the pattern. I tried your SVG diagram in Opera 10 and in Firefox 3.0.10 - it didn't switch labels although I reloaded it every time I changed browser contents' preferred language. I think, we need a looong period of time before we'll see it realized in all browsers and in Wikipedia. By the way, I changed your SVG slightly. BPK (talk) 17:02, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(I was directed here from reading the conversation Talk:Scalable Vector Graphics - I hope noone minds if I interject - apologies also for reopening an old topic)

The W3C SVG1.1 test suite has 3 tests for the <switch> element (tests 241 to 243 - labelled "struct-cond") starting here - all pass in Firefox 3 and Opera 10, as does Globbet's diagram (for me - just tested it now).

However, @Globbet, your diagram has no fallback language, and as such shows blank labels if the user's system language isn't one of those listed. _ɹəə pıɔnı 17:49, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edits[edit]

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Invitation to WikiProject Electrical engineering[edit]

Hi fellow editor,
You are invited to join the WikiProject Electrical engineering, a collaborative effort focused on improving Wikipedia's coverage of electrical engineering. If you'd like to join, add also your name to the member list.
Thanks for reading! SchreyP ^(messages) 18:43, 24 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open![edit]

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ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open![edit]

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