On 22 Oct, Sven Neumann wrote:
> I don't think that internationalisation is our major problem with
> plug-ins right now. This doesn't mean that we shouldn't think about
> it now, but our main problem is the mass of plug-ins shipped with the
> Gimp.
It is and there a quite a couple of reasons why:
- Extracting messages from files distributed over a lot of directories is
just broken...
- Plug-ins are usaing the localising features themselves very badly
-> broken
- Different plug-ins may want to different different translations for the
same message, impossible now -> broken
- External plug-ins can't get a translation very easily -> broken
I could continue this list... In this sector a lot work has to be
done... any volunteers? Otherwise the only right way for Gimp 1.2 would
be to ship it wihtout localisation support for plug-ins....
And please don't think that I will do this work, although I'm very
active in this area... creating some hundred patches isn't something I
like to do in my spare time...
--
Servus,
Daniel
