It depends on the Perl `Locale::Po4a::Po` library (`apt-get install po4a`).
+[[!toc levels=2]]
+
Introduction
============
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
translate `bla/page.mdwn` into French; if `usedirs` is enabled, it is
rendered as `bla/page/index.fr.html`, else as `bla/page.fr.html`
+(In)Compatibility
+=================
+
+This plugin does not support the `indexpages` mode. If you don't know
+what it is, you probably don't care.
+
Configuration
=============
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
--------------
`destpage`'s version written in the current page's language, if
available, *i.e.*:
-- `foo/destpage/index.LL.html` if `usedirs` is enabled
-- `foo/destpage.LL.html` if `usedirs` is disabled
+* `foo/destpage/index.LL.html` if `usedirs` is enabled
+* `foo/destpage.LL.html` if `usedirs` is disabled
### Link to negotiated language
(In)compatibility notes:
-- if `usedirs` is disabled, it does not make sense to set `po_link_to`
+* if `usedirs` is disabled, it does not make sense to set `po_link_to`
to `negotiated`; this option combination is neither implemented
nor allowed.
-- if the web server does not support Content Negotiation, setting
+* if the web server does not support Content Negotiation, setting
`po_link_to` to `negotiated` will produce a unusable website.
Templates
---------
+When `po_link_to` is not set to `negotiated`, one should replace some
+occurrences of `BASEURL` with `HOMEPAGEURL` to get correct links to
+the wiki homepage.
+
The `ISTRANSLATION` and `ISTRANSLATABLE` variables can be used to
display things only on translatable or translation pages.
The following variables are available inside the loop (for every page in):
-- `URL` - url to the page
-- `CODE` - two-letters language code
-- `LANGUAGE` - language name (as defined in `po_slave_languages`)
-- `MASTER` - is true (1) if, and only if the page is a "master" page
-- `PERCENT` - for "slave" pages, is set to the translation completeness, in percents
+* `URL` - url to the page
+* `CODE` - two-letters language code
+* `LANGUAGE` - language name (as defined in `po_slave_languages`)
+* `MASTER` - is true (1) if, and only if the page is a "master" page
+* `PERCENT` - for "slave" pages, is set to the translation completeness, in percents
### Display the current translation status
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, as well as the PO files for the "slave"
- 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
created, and the PO files are checked into version control.
-Discussion pages
-----------------
+Discussion pages and other sub-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.
+Likewise, "slave" pages are not supposed to have sub-pages;
+[[WikiLinks|wikilink]] that appear on a "slave" page therefore link to
+the master page's sub-pages.
+
Translating
-----------
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 preferred `$EDITOR`, without needing to be online.
+If [[tips/untrusted_git_push]] is setup, one can edit the PO files in one's
+preferred `$EDITOR`, without needing to be online.
+
+Markup languages support
+------------------------
+
+Markdown is well supported. Some other markup languages supported by
+ikiwiki mostly work, but some pieces of syntax are not rendered
+correctly on the slave pages:
+
+* [[reStructuredText|rst]]: anonymous hyperlinks and internal
+ cross-references
+* [[wikitext]]: conversion of newlines to paragraphs
+* [[creole]]: verbatim text is wrapped, tables are broken
+* [[html]] and LaTeX: not supported yet; the dedicated po4a modules
+ could be used to support them, but they would need a security audit
+* other markup languages have not been tested.
+
+Security
+========
+
+[[./security]] contains a detailed security analysis of this plugin
+and its dependencies.
+
+When using po4a older than 0.35, it is recommended to uninstall
+`Text::WrapI18N` (Debian package `libtext-wrapi18n-perl`), in order to
+avoid a potential denial of service.
TODO
====
-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()`
+Better links
+------------
-gettext/po4a rough corners
---------------------------
+### Page title in links
-- fix infinite loop when synchronizing two ikiwiki (when checkouts
- live in different directories): say bla.fr.po has been updated in
- repo2; pulling repo2 from repo1 seems to trigger a PO update, that
- 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.
+Using the fix to
+[[bugs/pagetitle_function_does_not_respect_meta_titles]] from
+[[intrigeri]]'s `meta` branch, the generated links' text is based on
+the page titles set with the [[meta|plugins/meta]] plugin. This has to
+be merged into ikiwiki upstream, though.
-Misc. improvements
-------------------
+Robustness tests
+----------------
-### page titles
+### Enabling/disabling the plugin
-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]].
+* enabling the plugin with `po_translatable_pages` set to blacklist: **OK**
+* enabling the plugin with `po_translatable_pages` set to whitelist: **OK**
+* enabling the plugin without `po_translatable_pages` set: **OK**
+* disabling the plugin: **OK**
-### websetup
+### Changing the plugin config
-Which configuration settings are safe enough for websetup?
+* adding existing pages to `po_translatable_pages`: **OK**
+* removing existing pages from `po_translatable_pages`: **OK**
+* adding a language to `po_slave_languages`: **OK**
+* removing a language from `po_slave_languages`: **OK**
+* changing `po_master_language`: **OK**
+* replacing `po_master_language` with a language previously part of
+ `po_slave_languages`: needs two rebuilds, but **OK** (this is quite
+ a perverse test actually)
-### backlinks
+### Creating/deleting/renaming pages
-`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.
+All cases of master/slave page creation/deletion/rename, both via RCS
+and via CGI, have been tested.
-`po_link_to = current`: seems to work nicely
+### Misc
-Translation quality assurance
------------------------------
+* general test with `usedirs` disabled: **OK**
+* general test with `indexpages` enabled: **not OK**
+* general test with `po_link_to=default` with `userdirs` enabled: **OK**
+* general test with `po_link_to=default` with `userdirs` disabled: **OK**
-Modifying a PO file via the CGI must be forbidden if the new version
-is not a valid PO file. As a bonus, check that it provides a more
-complete translation than the existing one.
+Misc. bugs
+----------
-A new `cansave` type of hook would be needed to implement this.
+Documentation
+-------------
-Note: committing to the underlying repository is a way to bypass
-this check.
+Maybe write separate documentation depending on the people it targets:
+translators, wiki administrators, hackers. This plugin may be complex
+enough to deserve this.