Hi all, A question: Are there any solutions for 4D using the ICU MessageFormat outside? We want to solve some problems regarding pluralization of texts in our mostly web based application.
The first approach I found is using the mentioned MessageFormat utilizing the ICU library. This library is already linked to 4D and is used for string comparison, reg. expression and similar things. But it provides the ICU MessageFormat class too. This class could be useful to do i18n and l10n with pluralization. For the uses of i18n and l10n 4D recommends the xliff "architecture" but it doesn't provide a way for pluralization AFAIK, see here: https://wiki.oasis-open.org/xliff/XLIFF2.0/Feature/Plural%20Entries For our web based frontend we use AngularJS and there is an extension called angular-translate which utilizes the mentioned MessageFormat. It's based on https://github.com/messageformat/messageformat.js by Alex Sexton. Since this could be used in the javascript world it would be a nice idea to use the same mechanism and the same sources of translation patterns in 4D. Regards Lutz Epperlein -- Lutz Epperlein ---------------------------------------------- Agendo Gesellschaft für politische Planung mbH Köpenicker Str. 9 10997 Berlin http://www.agendo.de/ ---------------------------------------------- ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
