unsure if this patch is enough

[ikiwiki.git] / doc / plugins / po.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/plugins/po.mdwn b/doc/plugins/po.mdwn
index 684593bf321014725f857e1d21c42f7388b62be1..b77c545d9dec1199b71287f98ca8efcac0579883 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/plugins/po.mdwn
+++ b/doc/plugins/po.mdwn
@@ -260,7 +260,14 @@ If a page contains a WikiLink to itself, ikiwiki does not normally
 turn that into a hyperlink. However, if a translated page contains a
 WikiLink to itself, a hyperlink is inserted, at least with the default
 `po_link_to` the link points to the English version of the page. Is there a
-good reason for that to be done? --[[Joey]] 
+good reason for that to be done? --[[Joey]]
+
+> The commit 0113c69d4fb in my po branch might fix this. --[[intrigeri]]
+
+>> It may fix it in passing, but shouldn't it also be fixed for the other
+>> `po_link_to` styles? (Also, if `mybestlink` is going to always 
+>> just return `bestlink` in this case, there seems no reason to inject
+>> it.) --[[Joey]]
 
 Language display order
 ----------------------
@@ -280,12 +287,23 @@ That used to be so, but the bug was fixed. Does this mean
 that po might be replacing the only link on a page, in error? 
 --[[Joey]] 
 
+> It would replace it. The only problematic case is when another
+> plugin has its own reasons, in its `scan` hook, to add a page
+> that is already there to `$links{$page}`. This other plugin's
+> effect might then be changed by po's `scan` hook... which could
+> be either good (better overall l10n) or bad (break the other
+> plugin's goal). --[[intrigeri]]
+
 Name of toplevel index page
 ---------------------------
 
 Normally at the top index page of a wiki, you see the wiki name at
 the top. However, at the top *translated* index page, you see something
-like "index.da". --[[Joey]] 
+like "index.da". --[[Joey]]
+
+> I suggest changing `Render.pm`, line 115, to replace the `$page eq 'index'`
+> test with a predicate call such as isindexpage($page). Such a predicate
+> function could then be overriden by the po plugin. --[[intrigeri]]
 
 Pagespecs
 ---------
@@ -307,7 +325,24 @@ pages as edit links, as if those pages do not exist.
 That's really confusing, especially as clicking such a link
 brings up an edit form to create a new, english page.
 
-This is with po_link_to=current or negotiated. With default, it doesn't happen..
+This is with po_link_to=current or negotiated. With default, it doesn't
+happen.. 
+
+Also, this may only happen if the page being linked to is coming from an
+underlay, and the underlays lack translation to a given language.
+--[[Joey]] 
+
+recentchanges links to po files
+-------------------------------
+
+When a po file is changed, the recentchanges page shows a link such as
+"sandbox.es". But, clicking on it goes to the English (or negotiated
+language) version of the page. It would be better in this one case if
+the link went direct to the translated version of the page. --[[Joey]] 
+
+> The (untested) commit 496e8523c670 in my po branch might fix this...
+> or at least, I believe, put someone on the right track.
+> --[[intrigeri]]
 
 Double commits of po files
 --------------------------
@@ -321,7 +356,21 @@ and then committed again. The second commit makes this change:
        +"Content-Transfer-Encoding: ENCODING\n"
 
 Same thing happens when a change to an existing page triggers a po file
-update.
+update. --[[Joey]] 
+
+Ugly messages with empty files
+------------------------------
+
+If there are empty .mdwn files, the po plugin displays some ugly messages.
+
+Translation of directives
+-------------------------
+
+If a translated page contains a directive, it may expand to some english
+text, or text in whatever single language ikiwiki is configured to "speak".
+
+Maybe there could be a way to switch ikiwiki to speaking another language
+when building a non-english page? Then the directives would get translated.
 
 Documentation
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