[eGroupWare-translation] Problems with translating

[Moritoshi O. <m-o...@10...>]

> > My apology for not being able to point to the appropriate lines in a
> > source file. If you could tell me exactly where those are in the
> > source code, it would be very much appreciated. I really wanna learn
> > egw and php.
> 
> 
> I think there's no real need to dive into the php code, but lang() calls, as I
> explained in my reply yesterday. Maybe if a "Japanese exclusive" date format
> existed, then show it like that in the GUI (with the rest of d/m/y, etc
> formats), but that would lead to "hardcode" the format, which is not
> desirable.
> 
> Please study the lang calls examples I gave yesterday, in whose case I could
> even fix that myself.
> 

Thanks for your advice. 

> 
> > Also, in Calender where you input a new plan in a small browser window:
> >
> >  Owner	[userid] Lastname FirstName 	Updated by
> >                                         ^^^^^^^^^^two tokens.
> >
> > They must be in one token for me to set a translated string in Japanese.
> 
> 
> At this time, and surely due to variable font size, I can't see exactly what
> you mean (though I think I get the intention). Please provide one or two real
> examples of how it should (and shouldn't) be, to see if it can be fixed in the
> lang() call.
> 

Again, thanks for your advice. I will learn to use lang() calls, then
hopefully, correct the situation.

> 
> > > > 3) Strings too long(there is a max number?) or perhaps strings with
> > > >    some special chars(c:\) can not be displayed in the translation
> > > >    tool and in an application even if they are written in
> > > >    phpgw_??.lang file.
> > >
> > > I havn't met such problems(or havn't noticed...^^||). Could you
> > > provide some exact information?
> > >
> >
> > in admin lang file:
> > http://host/egroupware/index.php?menuaction=developer_tools.uilangfile.edit&app_name=admin
> >
> > Enter the full path for temporary files.<br>Examples: /tmp, C:\TEMP
> >
> > Enter the full path for users and group files.<br>Examples: /files, E:\FILES
> >
> > These two lines can not be shown in the translation tool, but they are acutally saved in
> > the phpgw_ja.lang file.
> 
> 
> I can't reproduce that (I see it all in TT). I've tried my installation (with
> both spanish and japanese) and no problem at all. I guess it's something
> related to your installation, so try to replicate the problem in my
> installation.
 
It was not an installation issue. The problem was the TT not being
able to display "<br>例：" correctly: I added a space between "<br>"
and "例" in "add a new translation".


How to reproduce:
charset: Both in EUC-JP and UTF8 

1. In Step 1
   Source file: English
   Translation file: Japanese

2. Enter the string with "<br>例：" 

3. Do the rest of steps


Result: 
It seems that a "<br>" and the char are next to each other, it gets
jammed(called "moji-bake" in Japanese).

The English string/Japanese Translation string pair in the TT page was
not displayed.

Instead, The English string/empty pair is displayed, and additional
empty/translation pair as well.


Expected Result:
Show the English string/Japanese Translation string pair.


Workaround:
Add a space between "<br>" and the next char, then follow the steps in
TT.


> 
> > I think there are other lines with the same problem in a different
> > app, but I can not search more today. Please allow me to report, if
> > any, later.
> 
> 
> Try to reproduce everything in my installation before reporting. Maybe it's
> just that utf-8 is needed and you haven't set it properly.

It happens in utf-8 as well, as described above.


Best regards.
Moritoshi Oshiro