Hey everybody.
While working in the new CanDo, I've started to pay attention to i18n. Since
CanDo depends on multiple packages, I was wondering what you guys think of
mixing i18n domains and message factories across the code.
I mean, for example, I know the words/messages "Grade" and "Score" are also
present in the gradebook. And we already have several translations for it
there. Same with "Done" or "Add" in core, etc.
IMHO, i18n:domains are really easy to combine in ZPT, since you can attach it
to one particular tag.
However, it becomes a little more work in Python code, because you need to use
message factories, and the '_' shortcut is usually pointing to CanDo's message
factory. If I'd like to use the 'Add' translation from core in a CanDo module,
I'd need to:
from schooltool.common import SchoolToolMessage
...
button_label = SchoolToolMessage('Add')
...
which looks a bit heavy. I think we could have alternatives, but they would
rely on developers knowledge of the current messages, like:
from schooltool.common import SchoolToolMessage as _core
...
button_label = _core('Add')
...
or:
from schooltool.gradebook import GradebookMessage as _gradebook
...
header = _gradebook('Score')
...
and so on. I think the i18n message extractor would ignore those, right?
And maybe we could generate an automatic list of "message id" -> "SchoolTool
package" so we all know if a message is available and where it is. It could
help us minimize the number of strings to translate.
What do you guys think? Is it worth? Am I making a mountain out of a molehill?
I'd appreciate your feedback on this.
Thanks.
Douglas
"... allí es cuando te das cuenta que las cosas malas pueden resultar bastante
buenas..." - Lionel Messi
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Vea http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.es.html
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