Here is a patch for the [[plugins/meta]] plugin. It adds the possibility to define the language
-used for a page, with \[[meta lang="ja"]]
+used for a page, with \[[!meta lang="ja"]]
It doesn't insert the langage information in the xhtml meta elements, but defines a LANG
variable to use in the templates, for example with
>>> Yes, that seems reasonable. I guess there's no problem with defaulting
>>> to en if it can be overridden in the setup. --[[Joey]]
->>>> Yes, english default makes sense. But maybe this option should also be used to define the
->>>> language used for the messages, ie override the locale?
->>>> Or just --html-lang=XX, only used by the templates?
->>>> — NicolasLimare
+>>>> Yes, english default makes sense. I guess we should use the `$config{lang}`,
+>>>> defined from the setup file or command-line options to define the default language
+>>>> (`$config{lang}` defaults to `en` which is fine) if the html pages, and override
+>>>> it from the `meta` directive.
+>>>> — [[NicolasLimare]]
+
+>>>>> ikiwiki already has a $config{locale}, which is a full locale (ie,
+>>>>> "en_US.UTF-8". This just needs to be parsed for the lang. --[[Joey]]
+
+>>>>>> My mistake, I meant $config{locale} --[[NicolasLimare]]
+
+> So the patch below could be changed to parse `$config{locale}` for the
+> language, and pass it if no specific lang was set for the page. The only
+> problem with that would be that this is all done inside the meta plugin,
+> so if that plugin were disabled, the lang would be empty. To avoid that,
+> I guess that the template needs to look like:
+
+ <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
+ <TMPL_IF NAME="LANG">lang="<TMPL_VAR LANG>" xml:lang="<TMPL_VAR LANG>"</TMPL_IF>>
+
+> Now it just needs to be finished up.. --[[Joey]]
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--- meta.orig.pm 2007-07-27 00:19:51.000000000 +0200
} # }}}
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+> Please resolve lang somewhere reusable rather than within meta plugin: It is certainly usable outside
+> the scope of the meta plugin as well. --[[JonasSmedegaard]]
-[[tag wishlist patch plugin/meta translation]]
+[[!tag wishlist patch plugins/meta translation]]