Re: [Koha-translate] Some questions

[Axel Bojer]

Joshua Ferraro wrote:
> On 1/19/08, Dorian Meid <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Am 19.01.2008 um 01:30 schrieb Axel Bojer:
> > > Actually, one more right away -- about the html-encodings :-)
> > >
> > > In Norway we don't citate with "word" but with «word». I see many
> > > places, that &quot; is used instead (in English). Do we, then, have
> > > to change ours into &raquo; and &laquo; everywhere, or will « and »
> > > be recognized? I thought of doing a search and replace for all of
> > > them at the last moment before submitting, just to be sure
> > > everything is viewed correctly, or will some of the text be
> > > rendered differently than by html (just text f.i.), so that we will
> > > have to use « and » somewhere too?
> > Another good question.
> > Apparently the quotes have been left out while rewriting the html for
> > CSS.
> > I suggest to use the q-tag instead of quotes: <q>word</q>
> > Then most browsers should handle the quotation marks correctly
> > according to the browsers set language.
> > For a better control we can specify how the q-tag is handeled in the
> > stylesheet.
> > Here is an excelent articel about that:
> > http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200411/
> > quotations_and_citations_quoting_text/
> > This would also be a great advantage for theme-designers.
> OK, I think this is the correct solution, I will also work to fix this for the
> 3.0 beta.

Perhaps the best, all in all, I agree.

But, there is a problem still there for some:
<q> seems not to be fully supported (especially not in IE, not 
surprisingly), and therefore will render many strings in a wrong way. 
And if the *browser* gets to decide, then I can't read the Norwegian 
opac with for instance an English Firefox without getting the wrong 
quotation marks, witch I find a pity.

Of course everyone is free to change <q>, then, as with " also, so from 
that point of view it would not give more work either. And, as a pro, it 
can be fully automated as the "s in the code declarations won't be 
influenced by it.
But I would prefer to replace either one of those with either the 
html-code or the utf-8-encoded signs (« and » for us). For everyone 
using English quotation marks this would really not be any problem any 
way, so ... :-)

Best regards
Axel Bojer