X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/8064acf87fb7e708a03e47dd82457dec237e886e..51242cc303bd2a1cfb6adc9900388edd212ab08c:/doc/plugins/po.mdwn diff --git a/doc/plugins/po.mdwn b/doc/plugins/po.mdwn index 3b152586e..b7c1582ca 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/po.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/po.mdwn @@ -49,15 +49,15 @@ Supported languages `po_master_language` is used to set the "master" language in `ikiwiki.setup`, such as: - po_master_language => { 'code' => 'en', 'name' => 'English' } + po_master_language: en|English `po_slave_languages` is used to set the list of supported "slave" languages, such as: - po_slave_languages => { 'fr' => 'Français', - 'es' => 'Español', - 'de' => 'Deutsch', - } + po_slave_languages: + - fr|Français + - es|Español + - de|Deutsch Decide which pages are translatable ----------------------------------- @@ -117,23 +117,25 @@ serve any page in the client's preferred language, if available. Add 'Options MultiViews' to the wiki directory's configuration in Apache. -When `usedirs` is enabled, one has to set `DirectoryIndex index` for -the wiki context. +When `usedirs` is enabled, you should also set `DirectoryIndex index`. -Setting `DefaultLanguage LL` (replace `LL` with your default MIME -language code) for the wiki context can help to ensure -`bla/page/index.en.html` is served as `Content-Language: LL`. +These settings are also recommended, in order to avoid serving up rss files +as index pages: + + AddType application/rss+xml;qs=0.8 .rss + AddType application/atom+xml;qs=0.8 .atom For details, see [Apache's documentation](http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/content-negotiation.html). lighttpd -------- -lighttpd unfortunately does not support content negotiation. +Recent versions of lighttpd should be able to use +`$HTTP["language"]` to configure the translated pages to be served. -**FIXME**: does `mod_magnet` provide the functionality needed to - emulate this? +See [Lighttpd Issue](http://redmine.lighttpd.net/issues/show/1119) +TODO: Example Usage ===== @@ -148,6 +150,9 @@ the wiki homepage. The `ISTRANSLATION` and `ISTRANSLATABLE` variables can be used to display things only on translatable or translation pages. +The `LANG_CODE` and `LANG_NAME` variables can respectively be used to +display the current page's language code and pretty name. + ### Display page's versions in other languages The `OTHERLANGUAGES` loop provides ways to display other languages' @@ -197,7 +202,7 @@ enabled, "slave" pages therefore link to the "master" page's discussion page. Likewise, "slave" pages are not supposed to have sub-pages; -[[WikiLinks|wikilink]] that appear on a "slave" page therefore link to +[[WikiLinks|ikiwiki/wikilink]] that appear on a "slave" page therefore link to the master page's sub-pages. Translating @@ -212,18 +217,26 @@ preferred `$EDITOR`, without needing to be online. Markup languages support ------------------------ -[[Markdown|mdwn]] is well supported. Some other markup languages supported -by ikiwiki mostly work, but some pieces of syntax are not rendered -correctly on the slave pages: +[[Markdown|mdwn]] and [[html]] are well supported. Some other markup +languages supported by ikiwiki mostly work, but some pieces of syntax +are not rendered correctly on the slave pages: * [[reStructuredText|rst]]: anonymous hyperlinks and internal cross-references * [[wikitext]]: conversion of newlines to paragraphs * [[creole]]: verbatim text is wrapped, tables are broken -* [[html]] and LaTeX: not supported yet; the dedicated po4a modules - could be used to support them, but they would need a security audit +* LaTeX: not supported yet; the dedicated po4a module + could be used to support it, but it would need a security audit * other markup languages have not been tested. +Renaming a page +--------------- + +A translatable page may be renamed using the web interface and the +[[rename plugin|plugins/rename]], or using the VCS directly; in +the latter case, *both* the "master" page and every corresponding +`.po` file must be renamed in the same commit. + Security ======== @@ -234,105 +247,14 @@ When using po4a older than 0.35, it is recommended to uninstall `Text::WrapI18N` (Debian package `libtext-wrapi18n-perl`), in order to avoid a potential denial of service. -TODO +BUGS ==== -Better links ------------- - -Once the fix to -[[bugs/pagetitle_function_does_not_respect_meta_titles]] from -[[intrigeri]]'s `meta` branch is merged into ikiwiki upstream, the -generated links' text will be optionally based on the page titles set -with the [[meta|plugins/meta]] plugin, and will thus be translatable. -It will also allow displaying the translation status in links to slave -pages. Both were implemented, and reverted in commit -ea753782b222bf4ba2fb4683b6363afdd9055b64, which should be reverted -once [[intrigeri]]'s `meta` branch is merged. - -An integration branch, called `meta-po`, merges [[intrigeri]]'s `po` -and `meta` branches, and thus has this additional features. - -Language display order ----------------------- - -Jonas pointed out that one might want to control the order that links to -other languages are listed, for various reasons. Currently, there is no -order, as `po_slave_languages` is a hash. It would need to be converted -to an array to support this. (If twere done, twere best done quickly.) ---[[Joey]] - -Pagespecs ---------- - -I was suprised that, when using the map directive, a pagespec of "*" -listed all the translated pages as well as regular pages. That can -make a big difference to an existing wiki when po is turned on, -and seems generally not wanted. -(OTOH, you do want to match translated pages by -default when locking pages.) --[[Joey]] - -Edit links on untranslated pages --------------------------------- - -If a page is not translated yet, the "translated" version of it -displays wikilinks to other, existing (but not yet translated?) -pages as edit links, as if those pages do not exist. - -That's really confusing, especially as clicking such a link -brings up an edit form to create a new, english page. - -This is with po_link_to=current or negotiated. With default, it doesn't -happen.. +[[!inline pages="bugs/po:* and !bugs/done and !link(bugs/done) and !bugs/*/*" +feeds=no actions=no archive=yes show=0]] -Also, this may only happen if the page being linked to is coming from an -underlay, and the underlays lack translation to a given language. ---[[Joey]] - -Double commits of po files --------------------------- - -When adding a new english page, the po files are created, committed, -and then committed again. The second commit makes this change: - - -"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8\n" - -"Content-Transfer-Encoding: ENCODING" - +"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n" - +"Content-Transfer-Encoding: ENCODING\n" - -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. - -Created page type ------------------ - -The interdiction to create pages of type po was broken by the new -`page_types` code. This is fixed in my po branch by -commit 1914ae2fd24e1e802. - -While I was there, I also added some code to set a new default value -to the type select field in case it was previously set to "po". -This code favors the type of the linking page's masterpage on page -creation (when `from=page.LL`). This is commit c9301d2c296f682. ---[[intrigeri]] - -Documentation -------------- +TODO +==== -Maybe write separate documentation depending on the people it targets: -translators, wiki administrators, hackers. This plugin may be complex -enough to deserve this. +[[!inline pages="todo/po:* and !todo/done and !link(todo/done) and !todo/*/*" +feeds=no actions=no archive=yes show=0]]