[Bashburn-info] Gettext support
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From: Anders L. <and...@gm...> - 2008-09-10 15:35:38
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My reply to Steven was sent only to him. I'm reposting the message here. > As the changes to bb start to wind down, there are new text strings > creeping in and old ones that might want to change. They should be handled > in less of an ad hoc manner; If I change a string now, I'm afraid it'll > just leave the other languages out of sync. > > Which brings up a new topic... The way that we're handling the different > language problems right now works but it feels somewhat unwieldy. We have > strings in lang/English/somefile.lang and then we have copies of the file > in lang/!English/somefile.lang . Some of the files are mostly translated. > (Good job BTW.) Some languages are there in good shape, but if a string > changes, I don't see a system for *knowing* that the other languages have > to be followed up. Also, we have a lot of strings that are duplicated, and > changing one instance begs the questions whether followup can be managed. > > So here's the $64 question: Does anyone here have any experience with > gettext/msgfmt/po files/pot files/ etc? Should we keep going the way we > are? I ask this with no prior experience using pot files. > All experience with po files I have is that I helped translate an application to Swedish a bunch of years ago. I have no experience in actually adding support for it though. I agree with you though Steven. The translation system is sort of a mess. It works yes but it's kind of awkward to work with (All credit to me I suppose). I think it would be a good idea to look into using gettext. I'm sure it would make translators lives a lot easier. -- Anders Lindén http://bashburn.sf.net |