X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/968106cc80c4f24ae02a3e54877939cd00e33258..ae827a43f84bf18f971ff891d1d4f8d0c19b043c:/doc/plugins/po.mdwn diff --git a/doc/plugins/po.mdwn b/doc/plugins/po.mdwn index fddfe5c41..b702414c0 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/po.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/po.mdwn @@ -10,12 +10,16 @@ Introduction ============ 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. +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 +renaming work. Example: `bla/page.mdwn` is a "master" Markdown page written in English; if `usedirs` is enabled, it is rendered as -`bla/page/index.html.en`, else as `bla/page.html.en`. +`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 @@ -23,7 +27,7 @@ a page type supported by ikiwiki. Example: `bla/page.fr.po` is the PO "message catalog" used to translate `bla/page.mdwn` into French; if `usedirs` is enabled, it is -rendered as `bla/page/index.html.fr`, else as `bla/page.html.fr` +rendered as `bla/page/index.fr.html`, else as `bla/page.fr.html` Configuration @@ -42,6 +46,52 @@ languages, such as: 'de' => { 'name' => 'Deutsch', } } +Decide which pages are translatable +----------------------------------- + +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 `*.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]]. + +Internal links +-------------- + +One can use the `po_link_to_` option in `ikiwiki.setup` to choose 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 +linking behavior is preserved: `[[page]]` links to the master +language's page. + +### Link to negotiated language + +If `po_link_to` is set to `negotiated`, `[[page]]` links to the +negotiated preferred language, *i.e.* `foo/page/`. + +(In)compatibility notes: + +- `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 current language + +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.*: + +- `foo/page/index.LL.html` if `usedirs` is enabled +- `foo/page.LL.html` if `usedirs` is disabled + Server support ============== @@ -58,8 +108,8 @@ the wiki context. Setting `DefaultLanguage LL` (replace `LL` with your default MIME language) for the wiki context can be needed, to ensure -`bla/page/index.html.en` is served as `Content-Language: LL`. -**FIXME**: is it still needed with the new `.html.en` naming convention? +`bla/page/index.en.html` is served as `Content-Language: LL`. +**FIXME**: is it still needed with the new `.en.html` naming convention? lighttpd -------- @@ -92,17 +142,6 @@ implemented as a loop, a page using it should depend on any "master" and "slave" pages whose status is being displayed. -Decide which pages are translatable ------------------------------------ - -The subset of "master" pages subject to translation must be -configurable: - -- a `[[!translatable ]]` directive, when put on a page, makes it - translatable -- to set at once a bunch of pages as being translatable, use this - [[ikiwiki/directive]] with the `match=PageSpec` argument. - Automatic PO files update ------------------------- @@ -138,12 +177,10 @@ Pages selection depending on language To improve user navigation in a multi-lingual wiki, site developers must be enabled to write: - \[[!map pages="dev/* and preferredlang()" feeds="no"]] + \[[!map pages="dev/* and lang(LL)" feeds="no"]] \[[!map pages="dev/* and currentlang()" feeds="no"]] -Some new [[ikiwiki/pagespec]] functions have to be written. - Translation quality assurance -----------------------------