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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/bugs/bzr_RecentChanges_dates_start_from_1969.mdwn | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/plugins/contrib/po.mdwn | 35 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/users/Edward_Betts.mdwn | 4 |
3 files changed, 49 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/bugs/bzr_RecentChanges_dates_start_from_1969.mdwn b/doc/bugs/bzr_RecentChanges_dates_start_from_1969.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..5c3d1bbd2 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/bzr_RecentChanges_dates_start_from_1969.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +Using bzr, the dates for changes on the RecentChanges page all start +slightly before the Unix epoch. + +Changing line 249 of bzr.pm from + +` when => time - str2time($info->{"timestamp"}),` + +to + +` when => str2time($info->{"timestamp"}),` + +fixed this for me. diff --git a/doc/plugins/contrib/po.mdwn b/doc/plugins/contrib/po.mdwn index 4ad0fa063..3077b4858 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/contrib/po.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/contrib/po.mdwn @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Any thoughts on this? >>> When a new language is added to `po_slave_languages`, a rebuild is >>> triggered, and all missing PO files are created and checked into >>> VCS. An unpriviledged wiki user can not add a new language to ->>> `po_slave_languages`, though. One could thing of adding the needed +>>> `po_slave_languages`, though. One could think of adding the needed >>> interface to translate a page into a yet-unsupported slave >>> language, and this would automagically add this new language to >>> `po_slave_languages`. It would probably be useful in some @@ -106,6 +106,39 @@ Any thoughts on this? >>>> I guess that if the template modification is made, it will list those >>>> languages on the page, and if a translation to a language is missing, >>>> the link will allow creating it? +>>>> +>>>>> Any translation page always exist for every supported slave +>>>>> language, even if no string at all have been translated yet. +>>>>> This implies the po plugin is especially friendly to people who +>>>>> prefer reading in their native language if available, but don't +>>>>> mind reading in English else. +>>>>> +>>>>> While I'm at it, there is a remaining issue that needs to be +>>>>> sorted out: how painful it could be for non-English speakers +>>>>> (assuming the master language is English) to be perfectly able +>>>>> to navigate between translation pages supposed to be written in +>>>>> their own language, when their translation level is most +>>>>> often low. +>>>>> +>>>>> (It is currently easy to display this status on the translation +>>>>> page itself, but then it's too late, and how frustrating to load +>>>>> a page just to realize it's actually not translated enough for +>>>>> you. The "other languages" loop also allows displaying this +>>>>> information, but it is generally not the primary +>>>>> navigation tool.) +>>>>> +>>>>> IMHO, this is actually a social problem (i.e. it's no use adding +>>>>> a language to the supported slave ones if you don't have the +>>>>> manpower to actually do the translations), that can't be fully +>>>>> solved by technical solutions, but I can think of some hacks +>>>>> that would limit the negative impact: a given translation's +>>>>> status (currently = percent translated) could be displayed next +>>>>> to the link that leads to it; a color code could as well be used +>>>>> ("just" a matter of adding a CSS id or class to the links, +>>>>> depending on this variable). As there is already work to be done +>>>>> to have the links text generation more customizable through +>>>>> plugins, I could do both at the same time if we consider this +>>>>> matter to be important enough. --[[intrigeri]] >> FWIW, I'm tracking your po branch in ikiwiki master git in the po >> branch. One thing I'd like to try in there is setting up a translated diff --git a/doc/users/Edward_Betts.mdwn b/doc/users/Edward_Betts.mdwn index 0d4483fa8..b32927a1c 100644 --- a/doc/users/Edward_Betts.mdwn +++ b/doc/users/Edward_Betts.mdwn @@ -3,5 +3,7 @@ My watchlist: [[!inline archive="yes" sort="mtime" atom="yes" pages=" todo/allow_wiki_syntax_in_commit_messages* todo/shortcut_with_different_link_text* -todo/structured_page_data* "]] +todo/structured_page_data* +tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki* +"]] |