po plugin: documentation work

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@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ Introduction
 A language is chosen as the "master" one, and any other supported
 language is a "slave" one.
 
 A language is chosen as the "master" one, and any other supported
 language is a "slave" one.
 

-A page written in the "master" language is a "master" page, and is
-written in any supported format but PO. It does not have to be named
-a special way: migration from/to this plugin does not imply heavy
+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
+named a special way: migration to this plugin does not imply any page

 renaming work.
 
 Example: `bla/page.mdwn` is a "master" Markdown page written in
 renaming work.
 
 Example: `bla/page.mdwn` is a "master" Markdown page written in


@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ rendered as `bla/page/index.fr.html`, else as `bla/page.fr.html`
 Configuration
 =============
 
 Configuration
 =============
 

-`po_master_language` is used to set the master language in
+Supported languages
+-------------------
+
+`po_master_language` is used to set the "master" language in

 `ikiwiki.setup`, such as:
 
         po_master_language => { 'code' => 'en', 'name' => 'English' }
 `ikiwiki.setup`, such as:
 
         po_master_language => { 'code' => 'en', 'name' => 'English' }


@@ -41,9 +44,9 @@ Configuration
 `po_slave_languages` is used to set the list of supported "slave"
 languages, such as:
 
 `po_slave_languages` is used to set the list of supported "slave"
 languages, such as:
 

-        po_slave_languages => { 'fr' => { 'name' => 'Français', },
-                                'es' => { 'name' => 'Castellano', },
-                                'de' => { 'name' => 'Deutsch', }
+        po_slave_languages => { 'fr' => 'Français',
+                                'es' => 'Castellano',
+                                'de' => 'Deutsch',

         }
 
 Decide which pages are translatable
         }
 
 Decide which pages are translatable


@@ -53,44 +56,44 @@ The `po_translatable_pages` setting configures what pages are
 translatable. It is a [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]], so you have lots of
 control over what kind of pages are translatable.
 
 translatable. It is a [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]], so you have lots of
 control over what kind of pages are translatable.
 

-The `*.LL.po` translations files are anyway not considered as being
-translatable, so you don't need to worry about excluding them manually
-from this [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]].
+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]].

 
 Internal links
 --------------
 
 
 Internal links
 --------------
 

-One can use the `po_link_to_` option in `ikiwiki.setup` to choose how
+The `po_link_to` option in `ikiwiki.setup` is used to decide how

 internal links should be generated, depending on web server features
 and site-specific preferences.
 
 ### Default linking behavior
 
 If `po_link_to` is unset, or set to `default`, ikiwiki's default
 internal links should be generated, depending on web server features
 and site-specific preferences.
 
 ### Default linking behavior
 
 If `po_link_to` is unset, or set to `default`, ikiwiki's default

-linking behavior is preserved: `[[page]]` links to the master
+linking behavior is preserved: `\[[destpage]]` links to the master

 language's page.
 
 language's page.
 

-### Link to negotiated language
+### Link to current language

 
 

-If `po_link_to` is set to `negotiated`, `[[page]]` links to the
-negotiated preferred language, *i.e.* `foo/page/`.
+If `po_link_to` is set to `current`, `\[[destpage]]` links to the
+`destpage`'s version written in the current page's language, if
+available, *i.e.*:

 
 

-(In)compatibility notes:
+- `foo/destpage/index.LL.html` if `usedirs` is enabled
+- `foo/destpage.LL.html` if `usedirs` is disabled

 
 

-- `po_link_to => negotiated` provides no useful behavior if `usedirs`
-  is disabled; this option combination is neither implemented nor
-  allowed
-- `po_link_to => negotiated` provides no useful behavior if the web
-  server does not support Content Negotiation
+### Link to negotiated language

 
 

-### Link to current language
+If `po_link_to` is set to `negotiated`, `\[[page]]` links to the
+negotiated preferred language, *i.e.* `foo/page/`.

 
 

-If `po_link_to` is set to `current` and the destination page is either
-a translatable page or a translation, `[[page]]` links to the current
-page's language, *i.e.*:
+(In)compatibility notes:

 
 

-- `foo/page/index.LL.html` if `usedirs` is enabled
-- `foo/page.LL.html` if `usedirs` is disabled
+- 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
+  `po_link_to` to `negotiated` will produce a unusable website.

 
 
 Server support
 
 
 Server support


@@ -99,17 +102,16 @@ Server support
 Apache
 ------
 
 Apache
 ------
 

-Using `mod_negotiation` makes it really easy to have Apache serve the
-page in the client's preferred language, if available. This is the
-default Debian Apache configuration.
+Using Apache `mod_negotiation` makes it really easy to have Apache
+serve any page in the client's preferred language, if available.
+This is the default Debian Apache configuration.

 
 When `usedirs` is enabled, one has to set `DirectoryIndex index` for
 the wiki context.
 
 Setting `DefaultLanguage LL` (replace `LL` with your default MIME
 
 When `usedirs` is enabled, one has to set `DirectoryIndex index` for
 the wiki context.
 
 Setting `DefaultLanguage LL` (replace `LL` with your default MIME

-language) for the wiki context can be needed, to ensure
+language code) for the wiki context can help to ensure

 `bla/page/index.en.html` is served as `Content-Language: LL`.
 `bla/page/index.en.html` is served as `Content-Language: LL`.

-**FIXME**: is it still needed with the new `.en.html` naming convention?

 
 lighttpd
 --------
 
 lighttpd
 --------


@@ -120,84 +122,96 @@ lighttpd unfortunately does not support content negotiation.
  emulate this?
 
 
  emulate this?
 
 

-TODO
-====
+Usage
+=====

 
 

-Optimization
-------------
+Templates
+---------

 
 

-Pre-compute what can be early in the build process:
+### Display page's versions in other languages

 
 

-- the list of translatable (master) pages
-- for every translatable page, the list of slave pages
+The `OTHERLANGUAGES` loop provides ways to display other languages'
+versions of the same page, and the translations' status.

 
 

-... and/or memoize `istranslation`/`istranslatable` function calls.
+One typically adds the following code to `templates/page.tmpl`:

 
 

-Display available translations
-------------------------------
+       <TMPL_IF NAME="OTHERLANGUAGES">
+       <div id="otherlanguages">
+         <ul>
+         <TMPL_LOOP NAME="OTHERLANGUAGES">
+           <li>
+             <a href="<TMPL_VAR NAME="URL">"><TMPL_VAR NAME="LANGUAGE"></a>
+             <TMPL_UNLESS NAME="MASTER">
+               (<TMPL_VAR NAME="PERCENT">&nbsp;%)
+             </TMPL_UNLESS>
+           </li>
+         </TMPL_LOOP>
+         </ul>
+       </div>
+       </TMPL_IF>

 
 

-The [[linguas|plugins/contrib/linguas]] plugin has some code that can
-be used as a basis to display the existing translations, and allow to
-navigate between them.
+The following variables are available inside the loop (for every page in):

 
 

-View translation status
------------------------
+- `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

 
 

-One should be able to view some information about the translation
-completeness, either for a given page or for the whole wiki.
+### Display the current translation status

 
 

-This should not be too hard using gettext tools. If this is
-implemented as a
-[[HTML::Template|http://search.cpan.org/search?mode=dist&query=HTML%3A%3ATemplate]]
-loop, a page using it should depend on any "master" and "slave" pages
-whose status is being displayed.
+The `PERCENTTRANSLATED` variable is set to the translation
+completeness, expressed in percent, on "slave" pages.

 
 

-Automatic PO files update
+Additional PageSpec tests

 -------------------------
 
 -------------------------
 

-Committing changes to a "master" page must:
+This plugin enhances the regular [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]] syntax with some
+additional tests that are documented [[here|ikiwiki/pagespec/po]].
+

 
 

-1. update the POT file and the PO files for the supported languages,
-   before putting them under version control
-2. trigger a refresh of the corresponding HTML slave pages
+TODO
+====

 
 

-The former is to be done at a time when:
+OTHERLANGUAGES dependencies
+---------------------------

 
 

-- we know which "master" page was modified, and thus, which POT/PO
-  files have to be updated: the `needsbuild` hook is the first one to
-  run that provides us with the necessary information
-- we can modify the list of pages needing a refresh; this is
-  `needsbuild` hook's job
+Pages using `OTHERLANGUAGES` must depend on any "master" and "slave"
+pages whose status is being displayed. It will trigger dependency
+loops; how to sort this out?

 
 

-The latter can be implemented by making any "slave" page depend on the
-corresponding "master" page. The `add_depends` function can achieve
-this, if used in a **FIXME** hook.
+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.

 
 

-The POT files should not be published on the wiki.
+Automatic PO files update
+-------------------------

 
 

-UI consistency: rename "Edit" button on slave pages
----------------------------------------------------
+Committing changes to a "master" page:

 
 

-It may be surprising to some, after having pressed *Edit* on a wiki
-page, to end up editing a strange looking PO file. The *Edit* button
-displayed on "slave" pages must therefore be renamed *Improve
-translation* .
+1. updates the POT file and the PO files for the supported languages;
+   this is done in the `needsbuild` hook; **FIXME**: the updated PO
+   files must then be put under version control

 
 

-Pages selection depending on language
--------------------------------------
+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.

 
 

-To improve user navigation in a multi-lingual wiki, site developers
-must be enabled to write:
+**FIXME** Also, when the plugin has just been enabled, or when a page
+has just been declared as being translatable:

 
 

-        \[[!map pages="dev/* and lang(LL)" feeds="no"]]
+- all the needed POT and PO files have to be created
+- the PO files must be checked into version control

 
 

-        \[[!map pages="dev/* and currentlang()" feeds="no"]]
+**FIXME** `refreshpofiles` uses `system()`, whose args have to be
+checked more thoroughly to prevent any security issue (command
+injection, etc.).

 
 Translation quality assurance
 -----------------------------
 
 
 Translation quality assurance
 -----------------------------
 

-Modifying a PO file via the CGI must only be allowed if the new
-version is a valid PO file. As a bonus, check that it provides a more
+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.
 
 A new `cansave` type of hook would be needed to implement this.
 complete translation than the existing one.
 
 A new `cansave` type of hook would be needed to implement this.