Currently bitmap images like https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-user-docs/plain/gnome-help/C/figures/top-bar-icons.png?h=master https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-user-docs/plain/gnome-help/C/figures/top-bar-icons-classic.png?h=master
require translators to have basic skills in image manipulation. We could turn such images into SVG images with an embedded PNG file (either via an external URI or via embedding via base64 encoding[1]), and define different translations via systemLanguage. Example of the translation switch (without an embedded PNG file): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"; width="320" height="140" style="border:1px solid black; font-family:sans-serif;font-size:30px"> <text x="30" y="50">systemLanguage:</text> <g transform="translate(30,110)" fill="red"> <switch allowReorder="yes"> <text systemLanguage="cs">cs</text> <text systemLanguage="en">en</text> <text fill="red">other</text> </switch> </g> </svg> systemLanguage ("en" or "cs") is picked up (at least in Firefox 26 using Gecko) according to the prefered language setting in the browser, and also when setting "LANG=cs_CZ.utf8" for Yelp 3.10 using WebKit, so it works for me(TM). Now translators could use a text editor and edit the SVG file to translate such images, instead of having to use an image manipulation application like GIMP. However, for translators' convenience the string should end up in the .po file, so something (gettext? yelp-tools? itstools? As usual I am lost.) would need to parse SVG files in /po/figures for a "switch -> text systemLanguage" element/parameter in the DOM tree. Is that somehow possible (which implies: could somebody code this, if it does create performance issues), or is this a bad idea? andre [1] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6249664/does-svg-support-embedding-of-bitmap-images -- Andre Klapper | [email protected] http://blogs.gnome.org/aklapper/ _______________________________________________ gnome-doc-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-doc-list
