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Re: i18n/gettext?
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Richard Stallman |
Subject: |
Re: i18n/gettext? |
Date: |
Wed, 12 Dec 2001 02:56:44 -0700 (MST) |
OK, but I don't quite yet understand what you mean by "automatically".
Do you mean something like this?
A translation will occur if:
1. The programmer explicitly asks for a translation, using the gettext
function (or something like it); or
That is not "automatic", that is a manual request.
2. The programmer implicitly asks for a translation, by passing the
string to a function that always translates its argument before
using it. For example, the Emacs Lisp function `message' would
always translate its first argument before displaying the message.
Yes, exactly.
(1) is a special case of (2),
In some sense yes, but that is not the useful way to look at the
question. This decision has major implications for Emacs maintenance,
so we need to consider both alternatives carefully in terms of
their consequences.
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- Re: i18n/gettext?, Richard Stallman, 2001/12/11
- Re: i18n/gettext?, Paul Eggert, 2001/12/11
- Re: i18n/gettext?, Eli Zaretskii, 2001/12/11
- Re: i18n/gettext?, Paul Eggert, 2001/12/11
- Re: i18n/gettext?, Eli Zaretskii, 2001/12/11
- Re: i18n/gettext?, Richard Stallman, 2001/12/12
- Re: i18n/gettext?, Juanma Barranquero, 2001/12/12
- Re: i18n/gettext?, Eli Zaretskii, 2001/12/12
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- Re: i18n/gettext?, Richard Stallman, 2001/12/10
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- Re: i18n/gettext?, Richard Stallman, 2001/12/12
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- Re: i18n/gettext?, Richard Stallman, 2001/12/16
- Re: i18n/gettext?, Paul Eggert, 2001/12/07
- Re: i18n/gettext?, Richard Stallman, 2001/12/09
- Re: i18n/gettext?, Paul Eggert, 2001/12/10