Re: Localization of messages

Hi,

> > the web interface would not interfere with this: it is just another source
> > of translations besides the ones that are sent to you via email
> 
> I understand that.  I was not objecting to the use of any web interface
> to edit the messages.  I was objecting to the use of gettext (which
> needs .po files) in ezmlm-idx.
>
> The problem is that GNU gettext appears
> to impose standards on where the text files are located, as well as
> having differing language handling from ezmlm-idx.  Since backwards
> compatibility is a must, I can't just throw that out.

If I understand you correctly, then your point is to move the currently
hardocoded strings to the language specific global /text/ directories.
Thus you just ask for some more translations - ok. Sorry for causing a long
thread out of confusion! :)

just as a sidenote: notwithstanding the gettext issues at runtime, IMO maybe it
could be easier for translators (and for you?) to translate/manage the strings
using default formats like po/xliff. In this case, you could just statically
generate the text files for a release out of these po/xliff files. (just a
thought)

regards,
Lars