Chapeau..
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Benoit St-Jean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: maandag 20 augustus 2001 3:49
> To: PWS Mailing List
> Subject: [pws] Internationalization of Swiki
>
>
> WHAT IS THAT?
> I am submitting my 2 cents on a simple solution to
> handle part of the internationalization of Swiki. I
> am currently testing this solution and it seems to
> work so far (4 files translated). I wanted it to be
> simple, easy to code and maintain and absolutely
> wanted to be easy to work with for translators. The
> whole "strings" file is a plain text file that can be
> edited with a standard text editor.
>
> HOW IT WORKS
> On startup of Comanche, a text file containing the app
> strings is loaded. The file format is simply a
> key/value pair that gets read and transformed in a
> dictionary. The values of the dictionary are accessed
> with the #msgAt: selector.
>
> One class, MessageCatalog is responsible for loading
> the file and handling accesses to the dictionary while
> the class UserMessage handles the parsing of every
> line to transform them into instances of UserMessage.
>
> To simplify code, class Object implements #msgAt:,
> #msgAt:with:, #msgAt:with:with:,
> #msgAt:with:with:with:, #msgAt:with:with:with:with:,
> and #msgAt:with:with:with:with:.
> These selectors just redirect the message to the
> MessageCatalog class and access the dictionary. The
> "with" part is to handle parameter substitution
> (equivalent of #bindWith in VisualAge).
>
> NEEDED CHANGES
> We just need to change the Comanche files minimaly.
> We just replace the "hard coded string" with a (self
> msgAt: aKey) and insert that key and its value (the
> string) into a catalog file.
>
> For instance, here's the original
> swiki/refs/addresses/12 file
>
> Actual file (swiki/refs/addresses/12)
> =======================================================
> "Close the Individual Log File"
> (book setup at: 'logging' ifAbsent: ['none']) caseOf:
> {
> ['none']->[book modulesRemove: 'logFile'].
> ['individual']->[
> (book modulesAt: 'logFile') close.
> book modulesRemove: 'logFile'].
> ['site']->["Do nothing"]}
> otherwise: [shelf error: 'That is not a valid value
> for logging']
>
>
> Here is the modified file (swiki/refs/addresses/12)
> =======================================================
> "Close the Individual Log File"
> (book setup at: 'logging' ifAbsent: ['none']) caseOf:
> {
> ['none']->[book modulesRemove: 'logFile'].
> ['individual']->[
> (book modulesAt: 'logFile') close.
> book modulesRemove: 'logFile'].
> ['site']->["Do nothing"]}
> otherwise: [shelf error: (self msgAt: 'Kom0002')]
>
>
> NOTICE THE (self msgAt: 'Kom0002')!
>
>
> The catalog file, for an english Swiki would look
> like:
>
> English.msg
> =======================================================
> Kom0001 Congratulations! This is a new Swiki.
> Kom0002 That is not a valid value for logging
>
>
> And in French :
>
> French.msg
> =======================================================
> Kom0001 F�licitations! Ceci est un nouveau Swiki.
> Kom0002 Ceci n'est pas une valeur acceptable pour le
> fichier de log
>
>
> What do you think? I've coded the MessageCatalog and
> UserMessage classes (not really rocket science here!)
> and I'm translating a files here and there to see if
> it still works and my solution is possible and
> workable.
>
> Any opinions? Better ideas/suggestions?
>
> Thanks
>
> =====
> Benoit St-Jean
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://cactus.swiki.net
>
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