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.
`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
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
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This plugin enhances the regular [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]] syntax with some
additional tests that are documented [[here|ikiwiki/pagespec/po]].
-Automatic PO files update
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+Automatic PO file update
+------------------------
Committing changes to a "master" page:
-1. updates the POT file and the PO files for the supported 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 supported 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