X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/4c6c00ccdff71fbb8973de7d256fc987d7a2a7e0..9b20e0a24ef0bba1a04eb5d29a5a855f242cd933:/doc/plugins/po.mdwn diff --git a/doc/plugins/po.mdwn b/doc/plugins/po.mdwn index 173a26ac4..923ccd63a 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/po.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/po.mdwn @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ 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. 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. @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ English; if `usedirs` is enabled, it is rendered as `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 @@ -56,9 +56,8 @@ 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. -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 -------------- @@ -180,17 +179,14 @@ Additional PageSpec tests 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 @@ -210,8 +206,8 @@ 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. TODO ==== @@ -219,10 +215,10 @@ 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()` +- 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 -------------------------- @@ -249,15 +245,19 @@ 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 +### backlinks + +`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. -Which configuration settings are safe enough for websetup? +`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 -----------------------------