[Freeciv-Dev] (PR#2374) multi-language client-server patch

["Jason Short via RT" <rt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

And some more questions...

[rfalke - Thu Nov 21 17:00:09 2002]:

> +  u - unit type (the argument is Unit_Type_id) which will be
> +      replaced with its translated name.
> +  n - the Nation_Type_id, which will be replaced with get_nation_name
> +  N - the Nation_Type_id, which will be replaced with
> get_nation_name_plural
> +  I - Impr_Type_id will be replaced with get_improvement_name()
> +  t - Tech_type_id will be replaced with it's name
> +  g - government id will be replaced with get_government_name()

Why are these needed?  Why can't you just use ^s with the untranslated
nation/unit name?  If it's because the name has already been translated,
wouldn't it be easy enough to avoid doing so (or to keep a copy of the
untranslated string)?

> +  l - There are 2 arg: (x, y) which
> +      will be replaced with
> +      get_location_str_in(x, y)
> +  L - There are 2 arg: (x, y) which
> +      will be replaced with
> +      get_location_str_at(x, y)
> +  p - There are 3 args (string1, string2, int n) which
> +      will be replaced with PL_(string1, string2, n)
> +      This is a recursive directive.
> +  i - There are 2 args (int city_no, Impr_Type_id) which will be
> replaced
> +      with get_impr_name_ex(). (get_impr_name_ex sometimes returns
> "(obsolete)" note)

These are examples of things that AFAICT cannot be done with the "old"
client-side-translation patch.  But a system like this does not seem
easily extensible: to add a new type of translation here means adding a
new meta-combination and probably breaks network compatability.  Am I
missing something?  Is there a more flexible way to do it?

jason