3 files changed, 32 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kaddressbook/views/contactlistview.cpp b/kaddressbook/views/contactlistview.cpp
index 4cc22ea..c74f8cf 100644
--- a/kaddressbook/views/contactlistview.cpp
+++ b/kaddressbook/views/contactlistview.cpp
@@ -169,5 +169,31 @@ ContactListViewItem::ContactListViewItem(const KABC::Addressee &a,
 QString ContactListViewItem::key(int column, bool ascending) const
 {
-  return QListViewItem::key(column, ascending).lower();
+    int lan = KGlobal::locale()->language();
+    //qDebug("language %d ", lan);
+    if ( lan == 1 ) { //GERMAN
+        QString ret = QListViewItem::key(column, ascending).utf8();
+        int start = -1;
+        while ( (start = ret.find( 'ä', start+1)) > 0 ) {
+            ret.at(start-1) = 'a';
+        }
+        start = -1;
+        while ( (start = ret.find( 'ö', start+1)) > 0 ) {
+            ret.at(start-1) = 'o';
+        }
+        start = -1;
+        while ( (start = ret.find( 'ü', start+1)) > 0 ) {
+            ret.at(start-1) = 'o';
+        }
+        start = -1;
+        while ( (start = ret.find( 'ß', start+1)) > 0 ) {
+            ret.at(start-1) = 's';
+        }
+        //qDebug("conv string %s ", ret.latin1());
+
+        return ret;
+        
+    }
+    else
+        return QListViewItem::key(column, ascending).lower();
 }
 
diff --git a/microkde/kdecore/klocale.cpp b/microkde/kdecore/klocale.cpp
index 673d845..3674f28 100644
--- a/microkde/kdecore/klocale.cpp
+++ b/microkde/kdecore/klocale.cpp
@@ -165,4 +165,8 @@ void KLocale::setLanguage( int i )
     mLanguage = i;
 }
+int  KLocale::language( )
+{
+    return mLanguage;
+}
 QString KLocale::translate( const char *index ) const
 {
diff --git a/microkde/kdecore/klocale.h b/microkde/kdecore/klocale.h
index be9442c..14660d6 100644
--- a/microkde/kdecore/klocale.h
+++ b/microkde/kdecore/klocale.h
@@ -81,4 +81,5 @@ class KLocale
     IntDateFormat getIntTimeFormat( );
     void setLanguage( int );
+    int language();
     void setDateFormat( QString );
     void setDateFormatShort( QString );