Re: do we need i18n when serving static files ?

Hi Marcus:

In message <[email protected]>,
Marcus Priesch writes:
> > Would i18n processing for static assets allow me to have feedback
> > messages in English in a javascript file (consider strings in a dict)
> > that are translated using roundup's i18n? This way there is no need to
> > add a javascript based i18n mechanism.
>
>no, static fiels are served as static files - hence the name ;)

Ok that was what I expected.

>you probably can achieve roundup translated javascript by attaching it
>it (or its messages) to the templated web page

Yup I have done that or written an extension to generate the js dict
suitably translated.

> > I have written javascript in html templates that are processed through
> > roundup's i18n mechanism and then referenced by js loaded through
> > script src=... references.
>
>yes, but i assume that this was not a @@file url ?

Correct, the localized js was in an html template while the
src url was an @@file reference.

> > I assume you need roundup's i18n mechanism to translate things like
> > status names etc. in the rest response right?
>
>yes, rest and xmlrpc as well as normal templates are not affected by
>this - its just that for static files no locale gets loaded.

Ok. I have seen people serve .css and .js static files by a front end
web server rather than serving it though the roundup server, but
improving the speed of file serving for static files I guess is useful.

Was translation actually used in the @@file path? It would return a
404 but the 404 is not usually visible to the user as it's not the top
level html file.

> > So optimizing out i18n from the rest flow doesn't seem like it would
> > work.
>
>you are right, but i dont do that, just setting the locale (if wanted at
>all) at a later stage in the processing, to skip it for cases that dont
>need i18n at all.

Sounds good.

>hopefully it is clearer now ;)

It is. Your change sounds good.

Have a great day.

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