Re: [Freeciv-Dev] i18n for all eternity

[David Pfitzner <dwp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Alex Sandro Queiroz <asandro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, David Pfitzner wrote:
> 
> > Um, the reason is in the text included above.  Let me re-state:  
> > if you use one big file, it will be hard to keep track of which 
> > translations are up-to-date.  If you use gettext markings and 
> > tools, this is handled mostly automatically.  Since the base 
> > (English) helptext tends to have steady changes (sometimes small, 
> > sometime big), I think this is a significant issue.
> > 
> 
>       Well, I guess the main reason to split helpdata.txt from source,
> in early days, was to allow modifications without a recompile. Since after
> i18n modifications made to that file will require regeneration of the .mo
> files, that won't be anymore.

The helpdata will still be separate from the source, in a
savegame/ruleset-like format, so you only need to re-compile
if you want translations, and then only to compile the .mo 
files from the .po files.

>       Combining helpdata with sources will help keeping the translations
> up-to-date, however, it will change a lot of code... Just something to
> think about.

As above, its not going to be combined into the sources; 
yes, it will require some work, but I think not too much.

-- David.