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On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 8:07 PM, Sergiu Dumitriu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Vincent Massol wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> On Nov 26, 2008, at 2:21 PM, Guillaume Lerouge wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Thomas Eveilleau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I'd like to work on translations of default XE pages (pages that
>>>> are not
>>>> internationalized yet) like Photos.WebHome, Main.Tags, Panels etc.
>>>> In order to do things correctly I'd like to now the syntax I should
>>>> use
>>>> for the $msg.get values.
>>>>
>>>> What we have in a page like XWiki.XWikiUserSheet is :
>>>> "platform.core.profile.firstname" for the firstname
>>>>
>>>> 1 ) Should I use the same syntax ("platform.core.tags.title" for
>>>> the
>>>> title of Main.Tags - if i keep my example) ?
>>>>
>>>> 2 ) Or should we use more scalable values (tomorrow we will have a
>>>> core
>>>> and applications on it : should we consider the Panels as an
>>>> application
>>>> and have something like "application.panel.panelname.element" ?).
>>>>
>>>> 3 ) Maybe that we also can use things like the fullname of a page
>>>> in the
>>>> value (to quickly identify it) and having something like :
>>>> "appplication.panel.Panels.Search.title"
>>>>
>>>> I'm waiting for your advices on this (1 / 2 / 3 or another
>>>> proposal).
>>>>
>>> Proposal 3) looks good to me since it would be quite helpful to know
>>> on what
>>> part of the interface a message is located when translating it to
>>> other
>>> languages.
>>
>> I'll let Sergiu answer first since he's the one who has thought the
>> most about this.
>>
>> However 3) doesn't sound so good to me:
>> * text not very reusable for other locations
>> * subject to document name change so high risk of being dis-synchronized
>> * For applications resource bundles should go in wiki pages and thus
>> the namespace is already done by the application space
>>
>> The main resource bundles should only be for templates/skins.
>> Everything application-related should go in Document Resource Bundles
>> IMO:
>> http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/DevGuide/InternationalizingApplications
>>
>
> How about:
> <product>.<module>[.<topic>[.<subtopics...>]].[element]
>
> Where product is either platform or the name of the product (xe, xws,
> xeclipse), module is either the name of the platform component (core,
> rendering, macros) or the name of the application (blog, calendar,
> administration), topic is an optional component or application
> submodule, and element is the text being translated.
>
> Examples:
>
> platform.core.action.objectRemove.noClassnameSpecified
> platform.macros.code.unknownSyntax
> platform.macros.velocity.unhandledException
> xe.administration.groups.addNewUser
> xe.blog.management.createBlog
> xe.blog.blogPost.editing.hide
>
>
> Given that applications might not be bundled with a product, and that
> most applications are not specific to one product, but can be used in
> several, we could remove the product name.
>
> I don't think that the component/application name should be removed,
> even though the localization is included in an application's space and
> resources are used in one type of document, because we could get
> conflicts when using several applications together (for example
> management.title could be used both in the blog and calendar applications).
>
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