Re: [Wikitech-l] Rules for text in languages/messages/Messages***.php
On 5 April 2011 23:45, Brion Vibber br...@pobox.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Dan Nessett dness...@yahoo.com wrote: I understand I need to fix these problems. However, before proceeding I wonder if there are other constraints that I must observe. I have read the material at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Localisation, but did not find the above constraints mentioned there. Is there another place where they are specified? I've added a few notes about the whitespace stuff: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Localisation#Be_aware_of_whitespace_and_line_breaks Other thing is markup which Mediawiki automatically converts, like . This is disabled on translatewiki.net but not when editing messages in local wiki. Also the message names must be valid Mediawiki titles and unique case insensitively (restriction placed by twn). -Niklas -- Niklas Laxström ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
[Wikitech-l] Rules for text in languages/messages/Messages***.php
I recently fixed a bug (14901) and attached some patches to the bug ticket. Included were some changes to languages/messages/MessagesEn.php. Following the directions given at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/ Localisation#Changing_existing_messages, I contacted #mediawiki-i18n and asked them for instructions how to proceed with the internationalization part of the work. After looking over my changes, they pointed out that my new message text violated some requirements, specifically: + I had used /n rather than literal newlines in the text + I had put newlines in front of some messages + I had put trailing whitespace in some messages Since I was (and am) unfamiliar with MW internationalization workflow and since this text is destined for email messages, not display on a wiki page, I was puzzled by these requirements. However, it was explained to me that internationalization occurs by display of the text on translate.net, which means the text must conform to web page display rules. Consequently, the problems specified above interfere with the translation work. I understand I need to fix these problems. However, before proceeding I wonder if there are other constraints that I must observe. I have read the material at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Localisation, but did not find the above constraints mentioned there. Is there another place where they are specified? -- -- Dan Nessett ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] Rules for text in languages/messages/Messages***.php
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Dan Nessett dness...@yahoo.com wrote: I understand I need to fix these problems. However, before proceeding I wonder if there are other constraints that I must observe. I have read the material at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Localisation, but did not find the above constraints mentioned there. Is there another place where they are specified? I've added a few notes about the whitespace stuff: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Localisation#Be_aware_of_whitespace_and_line_breaks -- brion ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
