> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 09:38:53 -0400
> From: Karl Berry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> What name should I give that file in the source package?
>
> foo-fr.texi sounds fine to me.
>
> What should be the names of the processed info files?
>
> foo-fr.info.
>
> Where should the info files be installed?
>
> As things stand, the most practical choice would be $(infodir)/foo-fr.info.
>
> There has been discussion about having language subdirectories of
> $(infodir) (fr, de, ... en?), but nothing has actually been implemented
> for it.
I'd rather vote for separate directories and identical file names.
This might come in handy if we decide to implement split HTML files,
since the file names there would be probably derived from node names.
> You could do it by hand by installing in $(infodir)/fr/foo.info,
> and then making a dir entry that referred to (fr/foo.info), I would think.
We could make the directory part be prepended automatically, given the
locale name.