Being a bilingual French-Acadian Canadian, and liking stable interfaces, I rather like that idea of just having captions switching language context and everything TiddlyWiki not shifting.
*Aside and totally unrelated (well, totally intertwingled to me...)* Although I don't speak "chiac", I appreciate it something silly. For a laugh to those who do speak French, check out the mockumentary: Le Chiac est la solution <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqSRvbsEcQc> - "J'ai crossé la street." - CAREFUL ! - "crossé" is pronounced as per the English word "cross" followed by the French "é" - "crossé", pronounced entirely in French, is a vulgar word. Fun, but vulgar ... - years ago, a unilingual anglophone at the office, in the process of learning French, caused a bit of an uproar using the full French pronunciation of "crossé", so funny On Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at 12:38:03 PM UTC-3 Télumire wrote: > Hello TiddlyTweeter, > > Expanding on cj.v elegant solution, you can also use a select widget if > you dont want to download a language plugin : > > <$select tiddler="$:/language"> > <option value="fr-FR">fr-FR</option> > <option value="en-GB">en-GB</option> > </$select> > > > > <$text text={{{ > [[$:/language]get[text]regexp[fr-FR]then<currentTiddler>get[fr-fr]] > [[$:/language]get[text]regexp[en-GB]then<currentTiddler>get[en-gb]] }}} /> > > Online demo : > https://telumire.github.io/TW-tips/#Conditional%20display%20based%20on%20language%20setting > Le mardi 13 juillet 2021 à 15:10:14 UTC+2, [email protected] a écrit : > >> G'day TT, >> >> If adding language plugins and using TW's language button make for an >> alright solution, then checking the value of $:/language makes for an easy >> way to set context based on currently selected language. >> >> It should be easy enough to show the language button anywhere you need it >> for the sake of convenience. >> >> Then just a matter of showing image labels based on currently selected >> language. something like: >> <$text text={{{ >> [[$:/language]get[text]regexp[fr-FR]then<currentTiddler>get[field-fr-fr]] >> [[$:/language]get[text]regexp[en-GB]then<currentTiddler>get[field-en-gb]] >> }}} /> >> >> [image: Screenshot 2021-07-13 9.55.44 AM.png] >> >> On Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at 7:06:15 AM UTC-3 TiddlyTweeter wrote: >> >>> Ciao cj.v >>> >>> It is not a silly question. It is helpful. Forces me to clarify. >>> >>> The situation is I have a gallery of 50+ images that each tiddler for >>> has four language fields for (German, English, Slovenian, Italian). >>> >>> What I am trying to sort out is WHETHER I should use BROWSER detection >>> of run context (which in TW ALSO means we can use [to a great extent?] the >>> "Info" plugin to ease its use) OR simply provide end users with a button on >>> startup to change what is shown. >>> >>> This is NOT really an issue about using the brilliant TW "lingo system" >>> because that relates most to UI elements. In the gallery those are MINIMAL >>> and it is not the issue. >>> >>> I am beginning to think I could use CSS to only show one language at a >>> time? >>> >>> Thankyou for your question! It pushed me on. >>> >>> Best wishes >>> TT >>> >>> On Tuesday, 13 July 2021 at 02:19:05 UTC+2 [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> G'day TT, >>>> >>>> Silly question: do you mean find out language setting chosen in TW, or >>>> do you mean language setting for the browser? >>>> >>>> On Monday, July 12, 2021 at 2:45:22 PM UTC-3 TiddlyTweeter wrote: >>>> >>>>> This is merely an early query. I need some ideas on an efficient >>>>> approach to the following problem ... >>>>> >>>>> *AIM:* Put on-line the 54 images of "LIberty" by Angela Weyersberg >>>>> <https://www.google.com/search?q=Angela+Weyersberg&newwindow=1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjIzKCziN7xAhWkwAIHHbjgBOUQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1368&bih=808&dpr=2> >>>>> in >>>>> a self contained gallery. >>>>> >>>>> *THE CASE: *Each image of a painting has FOUR language variations for >>>>> its legend (English. Italian, Slovenian, German) FYI, the variants are >>>>> held >>>>> in fields of each image tiddler. >>>>> >>>>> *THE PROBLEM: *HOW do I in TW (1) Establish the language to invoke on >>>>> startup? (2) enable language switching? >>>>> >>>>> I realised the specific issue is not gonna be solved by the "lingo >>>>> mechanism" as is, as in this particular case, its not UI buttons in >>>>> contest but actual content. >>>>> >>>>> I HOPE this is clear! >>>>> >>>>> At the moment I'm simply need some ideas about how to move forward. >>>>> ANY ideas are most welcome >>>>> TT >>>>> >>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/7c105254-1541-4c52-ad0f-719c19a92298n%40googlegroups.com.
