language is a "slave" one.
A page written in the "master" language is a "master" page. It can be
-of any page type supported by ikiwiki, but PO. It does not have to be
+of any page type supported by ikiwiki, except `po`. It does not have to be
named a special way: migration to this plugin does not imply any page
renaming work.
`bla/page/index.en.html`, else as `bla/page.en.html`.
Any translation of a "master" page into a "slave" language is called
-a "slave" page; it is written in the gettext PO format. PO is now
+a "slave" page; it is written in the gettext PO format. `po` is now
a page type supported by ikiwiki.
Example: `bla/page.fr.po` is the PO "message catalog" used to
translatable. It is a [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]], so you have lots of
control over what kind of pages are translatable.
-The PO translations files are anyway not considered as being
-translatable, so you don't need to worry about excluding them
-explicitly from this [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]].
+The `.po` files are not considered as being translatable, so you don't need to
+worry about excluding them explicitly from this [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]].
Internal links
--------------
This plugin enhances the regular [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]] syntax with some
additional tests that are documented [[here|ikiwiki/pagespec/po]].
-Automatic PO files update
--------------------------
+Automatic PO file update
+------------------------
Committing changes to a "master" page:
-1. updates the POT file and the PO files for the supported languages
- (this is done in the `needsbuild` hook); the updated PO files are
- then put under version control
-2. triggers a refresh of the corresponding HTML slave pages (this is
- achieved by making any "slave" page dependent on the corresponding
- "master" page, in the `needsbuild` hook)
+1. updates the POT file and the PO files for the "slave" languages;
+ the updated PO files are then put under version control;
+2. triggers a refresh of the corresponding HTML slave pages.
Also, when the plugin has just been enabled, or when a page has just
been declared as being translatable, the needed POT and PO files are
Discussion pages
----------------
-Discussion should happen in the language in which the pages are written for
-real, *i.e.* the "master" one. If discussion pages are enabled, "slave" pages
-therefore link to the "master" page's discussion page.
+Discussion should happen in the language in which the pages are
+written for real, *i.e.* the "master" one. If discussion pages are
+enabled, "slave" pages therefore link to the "master" page's
+discussion page.
Translating
-----------
-One can edit the PO files using ikiwiki's CGI (a message-by-message interface
-could also be implemented at some point).
+One can edit the PO files using ikiwiki's CGI (a message-by-message
+interface could also be implemented at some point).
-If [[tips/untrusted_git_push]] is setup, one can edit the PO files in her
+If [[tips/untrusted_git_push]] is setup, one can edit the PO files in one's
preferred `$EDITOR`, without needing to be online.
TODO
====
-OTHERLANGUAGES dependencies
----------------------------
-
-Pages using `OTHERLANGUAGES` depend on any "master" and "slave" pages
-whose status is being displayed. It is supposed to trigger dependency
-loops, but no practical bugs were noticed yet.
-
-Should pages using the `OTHERLANGUAGES` template loop be declared as
-linking to the same page in other versions? To be rigorous, they
-should, but this may clutter the backlinks.
-
Security checks
---------------
-- `refreshpofiles` uses `system()`, whose args have to be checked more
- thoroughly to prevent any security issue (command injection, etc.).
-- `refreshpofiles` and `refreshpot` create new files; this may need
- some checks, e.g. using `IkiWiki::prep_writefile()`
+- Can any sort of directives be put in po files that will
+ cause mischief (ie, include other files, run commands, crash gettext,
+ whatever).
+- Any security issues on running po4a on untrusted content?
gettext/po4a rough corners
--------------------------
changes bla.fr.po in repo1; then pushing repo1 to repo2 triggers
a PO update, that changes bla.fr.po in repo2; etc.; fixed in
`629968fc89bced6727981c0a1138072631751fee`?
-- new translations created in the web interface must get proper charset/encoding
- gettext metadata, else the next automatic PO update removes any non-ascii
- chars; possible solution: put such metadata into the Pot file, and let it
- propagate; should be fixed in `773de05a7a1ee68d2bed173367cf5e716884945a`, time
- will tell.
+- new translations created in the web interface must get proper
+ charset/encoding gettext metadata, else the next automatic PO update
+ removes any non-ascii chars; possible solution: put such metadata
+ into the Pot file, and let it propagate; should be fixed in
+ `773de05a7a1ee68d2bed173367cf5e716884945a`, time will tell.
Misc. improvements
------------------
-### preview
-
-preview does not work for PO files.
-
-### automatic POT/PO update
-
-Use the `change` hook instead of `needsbuild`?
-
### page titles
-Use nice page titles from meta plugin in links, as inline already does. This is
-actually a duplicate for
-[[bugs/pagetitle_function_does_not_respect_meta_titles]], which might be fixed
-by something like [[todo/using_meta_titles_for_parentlinks]].
-
-### websetup
+Use nice page titles from meta plugin in links, as inline already
+does. This is actually a duplicate for
+[[bugs/pagetitle_function_does_not_respect_meta_titles]], which might
+be fixed by something like [[todo/using_meta_titles_for_parentlinks]].
-Which configuration settings are safe enough for websetup?
+### backlinks
-### parentlinks
+`po_link_to = negotiated`: if a given translatable `sourcepage.mdwn`
+links to \[[destpage]], `sourcepage.LL.po` also link to \[[destpage]],
+and the latter has the master page *and* all its translations listed
+in the backlinks.
-When the wiki home page is translatable, the parentlinks plugin sets
-`./index.html` as its translations' single parent link. Ideally, the home page's
-translations should get no parent link at all, just like the version written in
-the master language.
+`po_link_to = current`: seems to work nicely
-### backlinks
+### parentlinks
-If a given translatable `sourcepage.mdwn` links to \[[destpage]],
-`sourcepage.LL.po` also link to \[[destpage]], and the latter has the master
-page *and* all its translations listed in the backlinks.
+When `usedirs` is disabled and the home page is translatable, the
+parent link to the wiki home page is broken (`/index.html`).
Translation quality assurance
-----------------------------