initial patch proposal

[git.ikiwiki.info.git] / doc / plugins / po.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/plugins/po.mdwn b/doc/plugins/po.mdwn
index 3f91775f1258cc68b78aa996dfbd0bd3d6ff87c2..9273da399a3207543802a6c4ca48bcc1d5924928 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/plugins/po.mdwn
+++ b/doc/plugins/po.mdwn
@@ -260,7 +260,9 @@ If a page contains a WikiLink to itself, ikiwiki does not normally
 turn that into a hyperlink. However, if a translated page contains a
 WikiLink to itself, a hyperlink is inserted, at least with the default
 `po_link_to` the link points to the English version of the page. Is there a
-good reason for that to be done? --[[Joey]] 
+good reason for that to be done? --[[Joey]]
+
+> The commit 0113c69d4fb in my po branch might fix this. --[[intrigeri]]
 
 Language display order
 ----------------------
@@ -280,12 +282,23 @@ That used to be so, but the bug was fixed. Does this mean
 that po might be replacing the only link on a page, in error? 
 --[[Joey]] 
 
+> It would replace it. The only problematic case is when another
+> plugin has its own reasons, in its `scan` hook, to add a page
+> that is already there to `$links{$page}`. This other plugin's
+> effect might then be changed by po's `scan` hook... which could
+> be either good (better overall l10n) or bad (break the other
+> plugin's goal). --[[intrigeri]]
+
 Name of toplevel index page
 ---------------------------
 
 Normally at the top index page of a wiki, you see the wiki name at
 the top. However, at the top *translated* index page, you see something
-like "index.da". --[[Joey]] 
+like "index.da". --[[Joey]]
+
+> I suggest changing `Render.pm`, line 115, to replace the `$page eq 'index'`
+> test with a predicate call such as isindexpage($page). Such a predicate
+> function could then be overriden by the po plugin. --[[intrigeri]]
 
 Pagespecs
 ---------
@@ -322,6 +335,10 @@ When a po file is changed, the recentchanges page shows a link such as
 language) version of the page. It would be better in this one case if
 the link went direct to the translated version of the page. --[[Joey]] 
 
+> The (untested) commit 496e8523c670 in my po branch might fix this...
+> or at least, I believe, put someone on the right track.
+> --[[intrigeri]]
+
 Double commits of po files
 --------------------------
 
@@ -336,6 +353,20 @@ and then committed again. The second commit makes this change:
 Same thing happens when a change to an existing page triggers a po file
 update. --[[Joey]] 
 
+Ugly messages with empty files
+------------------------------
+
+If there are empty .mdwn files, the po plugin displays some ugly messages.
+
+Translation of directives
+-------------------------
+
+If a translated page contains a directive, it may expand to some english
+text, or text in whatever single language ikiwiki is configured to "speak".
+
+Maybe there could be a way to switch ikiwiki to speaking another language
+when building a non-english page? Then the directives would get translated.
+
 Documentation
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