X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/50b95a0742d74a4f73f5a8ed9ffc50733080de77..7bf1207c07c12623f6afc791bf33037b92477c93:/doc/plugins/contrib/po.mdwn diff --git a/doc/plugins/contrib/po.mdwn b/doc/plugins/contrib/po.mdwn index 0fd06cb81..8b19afae6 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/contrib/po.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/contrib/po.mdwn @@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ Any thoughts on this? >>> to avoid breaking existing functionality, it implies to hack a bit >>> [[plugins/edittemplate]] so that multiple templates can be >>> inserted at page creation time. [[--intrigeri]] +>>> +>>>> I implemented such a warning using the formbuilder_setup hook. +>>>> --[[intrigeri]] >> >> And also, is there any way to start a translation of a page into a new >> lanauge using the web interface? @@ -139,6 +142,11 @@ Any thoughts on this? >>>>> to have the links text generation more customizable through >>>>> plugins, I could do both at the same time if we consider this >>>>> matter to be important enough. --[[intrigeri]] +>>>>> +>>>>>> The translation status in links is now implemented in my +>>>>>> `po`branch. It requires my `meta` branch changes to +>>>>>> work, though. I consider the latter to be mature enough to +>>>>>> be merged. --[[intrigeri]] >> FWIW, I'm tracking your po branch in ikiwiki master git in the po >> branch. One thing I'd like to try in there is setting up a translated @@ -160,3 +168,155 @@ Any thoughts on this? >>>>> I am able to do myself in this area. --[[intrigeri]] >>>>>> >>>>>> I came up with a patch for the WrapI18N issue --[[Joey]] + +I've set this plugin development aside for a while. I will be back and +finish it at some point in the first quarter of 2009. --[[intrigeri]] + +> Abstract: Joey, please have a look at my po and meta branches. +> +> Detailed progress report: +> +> * it seems the po branch in your repository has not been tracking my +> own po branch for two months. any config issue? +> * all the plugin's todo items have been completed, robustness tests +> done +> * I've finished the detailed security audit, and the fix for po4a +> bugs has entered upstream CVS last week +> * I've merged your new `checkcontent` hook with the `cansave` hook +> I previously introduced in my own branch; blogspam plugin updated +> accordingly +> * the rename hook changes we discussed elsewhere are also part of my +> branch +> * I've introduced two new hooks (`canremove` and `canrename`), not +> a big deal; IMHO, they extend quite logically the plugin interface +> * as highlighted on [[bugs/pagetitle_function_does_not_respect_meta_titles]], +> my `meta` branch contains a new feature that is really useful in a +> translatable wiki +> +> As a conclusion, I'm feeling that my branches are ready to be +> merged; only thing missing, I guess, are a bit of discussion and +> subsequent adjustments. +> +> --[[intrigeri]] + +> I've looked it over and updated my branch with some (untested) +> changes. +> +>> I've merged your changes into my branch. Only one was buggy. +> +> Sorry, I'd forgotten about your cansave hook.. sorry for the duplicate +> work there. +> +> Reviewing the changes, mostly outside of `po.pm`, I have +> the following issues. +> +> * renamepage to renamelink change would break the ikiwiki +> 3.x API, which I've promised not to do, so needs to be avoided +> somehow. (Sorry, I guess I dropped the ball on not getting this +> API change in before cutting 3.0..) +>> +>> Fixed, see [[todo/need_global_renamepage_hook]]. +>> +> * I don't understand the parentlinks code change and need to figure it +> out. Can you explain what is going on there? +>> +>> I'm calling `bestlink` there so that po's injected `bestlink` is +>> run. This way, the parent links of a page link to the parent page +>> version in the proper language, depending on the +>> `po_link_to=current` and `po_link_to=negotiated` settings. +>> Moreover, when using my meta branch enhancements plus meta title to +>> make pages titles translatable, this small patch is needed to get +>> the translated titles into parentlinks. +>> +> * canrename's mix of positional and named parameters is way too +> ugly to get into an ikiwiki API. Use named parameters +> entirely. Also probably should just use named parameters +> for canremove. +> * `skeleton.pm.example`'s canrename needs fixing to use either +> the current or my suggested parameters. +>> +>> Done. +>> +> * I don't like the exporting of `%backlinks` and `$backlinks_calculated` +> (the latter is exported but not used). +>> +>> The commit message for 85f865b5d98e0122934d11e3f3eb6703e4f4c620 +>> contains the rationale for this change. I guess I don't understand +>> the subtleties of `our` use, and perldoc does not help me a lot. +>> IIRC, I actually did not use `our` to "export" these variables, but +>> rather to have them shared between `Render.pm` uses. +>> +>>> My wording was unclear, I meant exposing. --[[Joey]] +>>> +>>>> I guess I still don't know Perl's `our` enough to understand clearly. +>>>> No matter whether these variables are declared with `my` or `our`, +>>>> any plugin can `use IkiWiki::Render` and then access +>>>> `$IkiWiki::backlinks`, as already does e.g. the pagestat plugin. +>>>> So I guess your problem is not with letting plugins use these +>>>> variables, but with them being visible for every piece of +>>>> (possibly external) code called from `Render.pm`. Am I right? +>>>> If I understand clearly, using a brace block to lexically enclose +>>>> these two `our` declarations, alongside with the `calculate_backlinks` +>>>> and `backlinks` subs definitions, would be a proper solution, wouldn't +>>>> it? --[[intrigeri]] +>>>> +>>>>> No, %backlinks and the backlinks() function are not the same thing. +>>>>> The variable is lexically scoped; only accessible from inside +>>>>> `Render.pm` --[[Joey]] +>>>> +> * What is this `IkiWiki::nicepagetitle` and why are you +> injecting it into that namespace when only your module uses it? +> Actually, I can't even find a caller of it in your module. +>> +>> I guess you should have a look to my `meta` branch and to +>> [[bugs/pagetitle_function_does_not_respect_meta_titles]] in order +>> to understand this :) +>> +>>> It would probably be good if I could merge this branch without +>>> having to worry about also immediatly merging that one. --[[Joey]] +>>> +>>>> I removed all dependencies on my `meta` branch from the `po` one. +>>>> This implied removing the `po_translation_status_in_links` and +>>>> `po_strictly_refresh_backlinks` features, and every link text is now +>>>> displayed in the master language. I believe the removed features really +>>>> enhance user experience of a translatable wiki, that's why I was +>>>> initially supposing the `meta` branch would be merged first. +>>>> IMHO, we'll need to come back to this quite soon after `po` is merged. +>>>> --[[intrigeri]] +>>>> +>>>> Maybe you should keep those features in a meta-po branch? +>>>> I did a cursory review of your meta last night, have some issues with it, +>>>> but this page isn't the place for a detailed review. --[[Joey]] +>>>> +>>>>> Done. --[[intrigeri]] +>>> +> * I'm very fearful of the `add_depends` in `postscan`. +> Does this make every page depend on every page that links +> to it? Won't this absurdly bloat the dependency pagespecs +> and slow everything down? And since nicepagetitle is given +> as the reason for doing it, and nicepagetitle isn't used, +> why do it? +>> +>> As explained in the 85f865b5d98e0122934d11e3f3eb6703e4f4c620 log: +>> this feature hits performance a bit. Its cost was quite small in my +>> real-world use-cases (a few percents bigger refresh time), but +>> could be bigger in worst cases. When using the po plugin with my +>> meta branch changes (i.e. the `nicepagetitle` thing), and having +>> enabled the option to display translation status in links, this +>> maintains the translation status up-to-date in backlinks. Same when +>> using meta title to make the pages titles translatable. It does +>> help having a nice and consistent translated wiki, but as it can +>> also involve problems, I just turned it into an option. +>> +>>> This has been completely removed for now due to the removal of +>>> the dependency on my `meta` branch. --[[intrigeri]] +>> +> * The po4a Suggests should be versioned to the first version +> that can be used safely, and that version documented in +> `plugins/po.mdwn`. +>> +>> Done. +>> +>> --[[intrigeri]] +> +> --[[Joey]]