Mathieu Lirzin (2015-08-30 15:24 +0300) wrote:
> Alex Kost <alez...@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Mathieu Lirzin (2015-08-28 00:04 +0300) wrote:
>>
>>> Here is a first attempt. It doesn't feel right to me but fornow I don't
>>> know what to do without duplicating code or reorganizing the world. The
>>> problem is that translations are handle in (guix ui) so we need to
>>> regenerate texi->plain-text.
>>
>> I don't understand what you mean by 'regenerate texi->plain-text'.
>
> Maybe the correct expression should have been "reiterate
> texi->plain-text". What I meant was that the process of converting from
> texinfo to plain-text need to be done in (guix ui) too, because
> translated package description are texinfo fragment.
Ah, now I understand what you mean.
>>> - (define (description->recutils str)
>>> - (let ((str (P_ str)))
>>> + (define (description->recutils str)
>>> + (let ((str (texi->plain-text (P_ str))))
>>
>> IIUC there is no need to use 'texi->plain-text' here. Instead you can
>> replace 'package-description' with 'package-description-string' in the
>> body of 'package->recutils'. Or did I miss anything?
>
> That was my first solution before realizing that this will lead to a
> problem that this unrealistic example illustrates.
>
> ;; with fr_FR.UTF-8 locale
>
> (package-description foo)
> => "socks @code{foo}."
>
> (package-description-string foo)
> => "socks `foo'.\n\n"
>
> (N_ (package-description foo))
> => "chaussettes @code{foo}."
>
> (N_ (package-description-string foo))
> => "socks `foo'.\n\n"
>
> In the last evaluation gettext was unable to find the translated string
> corresponding to msgid "socks `foo'.\n\n".
Now I see, thanks for the explanation! Honestly I don't know
how/when/where this translation stuff happens, so I don't have any
useful comments.
>> Also I think the same replacement should be done in (guix scripts
>> lint) ...
>
> I think more can be done in (guix scripts lint). For example checking
> if invoking 'package-description-string' fails which would indicate that
> the markup is not correctly used.
Indeed.
>> ... and (guix scripts package).
>
> This script uses 'package-description' to search in it. IIUC it was
> suggested by Ludo to search using the raw Texinfo fragment and to
> display using the plain-text version.
> <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-07/msg00609.html>
>
> Thank you very much for your reply, :)
It wasn't a very useful reply, isn't it :-) Sorry for the noize.
--
Alex
