X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/5dde5c7bc81752004c434ab9a8d9e87613078f52..c63d71bbf3d160db98a2136a32624d901c0b1b4d:/doc/todo/language_definition_for_the_meta_plugin.mdwn diff --git a/doc/todo/language_definition_for_the_meta_plugin.mdwn b/doc/todo/language_definition_for_the_meta_plugin.mdwn index 817092863..44fcf32bb 100644 --- a/doc/todo/language_definition_for_the_meta_plugin.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/language_definition_for_the_meta_plugin.mdwn @@ -1,6 +1,5 @@ Here is a patch for the [[plugins/meta]] plugin. It adds the possibility to define the language -used for a page, with - [[meta lang="ja"]] +used for a page, with \[[!meta lang="ja"]] It doesn't insert the langage information in the xhtml meta elements, but defines a LANG variable to use in the templates, for example with @@ -14,6 +13,38 @@ templates and inclusion. This may be useful for sites with a few pages in different languages, but no full i18n. +> Looks good, but the need to modify the template and include a default +> language in it is a bit problimatic, I think. --[[Joey]] + +>> --lang=XX could be a setup option, with a default value, then the template would be + + + +>>> Yes, that seems reasonable. I guess there's no problem with defaulting +>>> to en if it can be overridden in the setup. --[[Joey]] + +>>>> Yes, english default makes sense. I guess we should use the `$config{lang}`, +>>>> defined from the setup file or command-line options to define the default language +>>>> (`$config{lang}` defaults to `en` which is fine) if the html pages, and override +>>>> it from the `meta` directive. +>>>> — [[NicolasLimare]] + +>>>>> ikiwiki already has a $config{locale}, which is a full locale (ie, +>>>>> "en_US.UTF-8". This just needs to be parsed for the lang. --[[Joey]] + +>>>>>> My mistake, I meant $config{locale} --[[NicolasLimare]] + +> So the patch below could be changed to parse `$config{locale}` for the +> language, and pass it if no specific lang was set for the page. The only +> problem with that would be that this is all done inside the meta plugin, +> so if that plugin were disabled, the lang would be empty. To avoid that, +> I guess that the template needs to look like: + + lang="" xml:lang=""> + +> Now it just needs to be finished up.. --[[Joey]] + 
 --- meta.orig.pm  2007-07-27 00:19:51.000000000 +0200
 +++ meta.pm       2007-08-05 22:37:40.000000000 +0200
@@ -23,7 +54,7 @@ This may be useful for sites with a few pages in different languages, but no ful
  my %authorurl;
 +my %lang;
  
- sub import { #{{{
+ sub import {
         hook(type => "preprocess", id => "meta", call => \&preprocess, scan => 1);
 @@ -100,6 +101,11 @@
                 $meta{$page}.='
 
+> Please resolve lang somewhere reusable rather than within meta plugin: It is certainly usable outside
+> the scope of the meta plugin as well. --[[JonasSmedegaard]]
+
+>> I don't see any problem with having this in meta? meta is on by default, and
+>> other plugins are free to use it or even depend on it (e.g. inline does).
+>>
+>> My only comments on this patch beyond what Joey said are that the page
+>> language could usefully go into `$pagestate{$page}{meta}{lang}` for other
+>> plugins to be able to see it (is that what you meant?), and that
+>> restricting to 2 characters is too restrictive (HTML 4.01 mentions
+>> `en`, `en-US` and `i-navajo` as possible language codes).
+>> This slightly complicates parsing the locale to get the default language:
+>> it'll need `tr/_/-/` after the optional `.encoding` is removed.
+>> --[[smcv]]
+
+>>> Now that po has been merged, this patch should probably also be adapted
+>>> so that the po plugin forces the meta::lang of every page to what po
+>>> thinks it should be. --[[smcv]]
+
+>>>> Agreed, users of the po plugin would greatly benefit from it.
+>>>> Seems doable. --[[intrigeri]]
+
+>>> Perhaps [[the_special_po_pagespecs|ikiwiki/pagespec/po]] should
+>>> also work with meta-assigned languages? --[[smcv]]
+
+>>>> Yes. But then, these special pagespecs should be moved outside of
+>>>> [[plugins/po]], as they could be useful to anyone using the
+>>>> currently discussed patch even when not using the po plugin.
+>>>> 
+>>>> We could add these pagespecs to the core and make them use
+>>>> a simple language-guessing system based on a new hook. Any plugin
+>>>> that implements such a hook could decide whether it should
+>>>> overrides the language guessed by another one, and optionally use
+>>>> the `first`/`last` options (e.g. the po plugin will want to be
+>>>> authoritative on the pages of type po, and will then use
+>>>> `last`). --[[intrigeri]]
 
-[[tag wishlist patch plugin/meta translation]]
\ No newline at end of file
+[[!tag wishlist patch plugins/meta translation]]