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Re: Summary (Re: A system for localizing documentation strings)
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Summary (Re: A system for localizing documentation strings) |
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Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:22:47 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.51 (gnu/linux) |
Jan Djärv <address@hidden> writes:
> Jason Rumney skrev:
>> Jan Djärv wrote:
>>> We don't need that. Translators are organized in teams, and
>>> everything uses gettext. We do not want a different mechanism
>>> here. Many translators translates programs they very rarely, if
>>> ever, use. It would be a mistake to not use gettext.
>>>
>>
>> I disagree. It is a mistake to use any system that requires code to
>> be modified to fit with its conventions before translation can
>> occur. We cannot guarantee that maintainers of external lisp
>> packages will do the work that is required. Since we already have
>> mechanisms in place that extract doc strings, tooltip text and menu
>> text for display, we should add the necessary hooks at that point
>> to provide translations transparently.
>
> We can not guarantee that maintainers of external lisp packages will
> do anything, regardless of what mechanism Emacs use. But the point
> is that Emacs is unlikely to be translated by the translation teams
> that are already outh there if a completely new mechanism that
> differs much from gettext is adopted.
It must be stressed that translating Emacs is a Herculanean effort.
There is no way it can be achieved by Emacs developers alone: we
really have to rely on non-coding-involved translation teams here, and
it will still be a real beast to do.
--
David Kastrup
Summary (Re: A system for localizing documentation strings), Jean-Christophe Helary, 2007/07/26
Re: Summary (Re: A system for localizing documentation strings), Jan Djärv, 2007/07/27
- Re: Summary (Re: A system for localizing documentation strings), Jason Rumney, 2007/07/27
- Re: Summary (Re: A system for localizing documentation strings), Jan Djärv, 2007/07/27
- Re: Summary (Re: A system for localizing documentation strings),
David Kastrup <=
- Re: Summary (Re: A system for localizing documentation strings), Jan Djärv, 2007/07/27
- Re: Summary (Re: A system for localizing documentation strings), David Kastrup, 2007/07/27
- Re: Summary (Re: A system for localizing documentation strings), Eli Zaretskii, 2007/07/27
- Re: Summary (Re: A system for localizing documentation strings), Jan Djärv, 2007/07/27
Re: Summary (Re: A system for localizing documentation strings), Eli Zaretskii, 2007/07/27
Re: Summary (Re: A system for localizing documentation strings), Jan Djärv, 2007/07/27
Re: Summary (Re: A system for localizing documentation strings), Jean-Christophe Helary, 2007/07/27
Re: Summary (Re: A system for localizing documentation strings), Jan Djärv, 2007/07/27
Re: Summary (Re: A system for localizing documentation strings), Jean-Christophe Helary, 2007/07/27
Re: Summary (Re: A system for localizing documentation strings), David Kastrup, 2007/07/27