doc/po: report problem with link() + propose patch

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

diff --git a/doc/plugins/po.mdwn b/doc/plugins/po.mdwn
index 75601289019774406d23be824e4a9bd488c2df82..031188a674cc3e52e3265e3eb2da386d2c33861e 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/plugins/po.mdwn
+++ b/doc/plugins/po.mdwn
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Supported languages
 languages, such as:
 
         po_slave_languages => { 'fr' => 'Français',
 languages, such as:
 
         po_slave_languages => { 'fr' => 'Français',

-                                'es' => 'Castellano',
+                                'es' => 'Español',

                                 'de' => 'Deutsch',
         }
 
                                 'de' => 'Deutsch',
         }
 


@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ Apache
 
 Using Apache `mod_negotiation` makes it really easy to have Apache
 serve any page in the client's preferred language, if available.
 
 Using Apache `mod_negotiation` makes it really easy to have Apache
 serve any page in the client's preferred language, if available.

-This is the default Debian Apache configuration.
+
+Add 'Options MultiViews' to the wiki directory's configuration in Apache.

 
 When `usedirs` is enabled, one has to set `DirectoryIndex index` for
 the wiki context.
 
 When `usedirs` is enabled, one has to set `DirectoryIndex index` for
 the wiki context.


@@ -123,6 +124,8 @@ Setting `DefaultLanguage LL` (replace `LL` with your default MIME
 language code) for the wiki context can help to ensure
 `bla/page/index.en.html` is served as `Content-Language: LL`.
 
 language code) for the wiki context can help to ensure
 `bla/page/index.en.html` is served as `Content-Language: LL`.
 

+For details, see [Apache's documentation](http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/content-negotiation.html).
+

 lighttpd
 --------
 
 lighttpd
 --------
 


@@ -150,24 +153,9 @@ display things only on translatable or translation pages.
 The `OTHERLANGUAGES` loop provides ways to display other languages'
 versions of the same page, and the translations' status.
 
 The `OTHERLANGUAGES` loop provides ways to display other languages'
 versions of the same page, and the translations' status.
 

-One typically adds the following code to `templates/page.tmpl`:
-
-       <TMPL_IF NAME="OTHERLANGUAGES">
-       <div id="otherlanguages">
-         <ul>
-         <TMPL_LOOP NAME="OTHERLANGUAGES">
-           <li>
-             <a href="<TMPL_VAR NAME="URL">"><TMPL_VAR NAME="LANGUAGE"></a>
-             <TMPL_UNLESS NAME="MASTER">
-               (<TMPL_VAR NAME="PERCENT">&nbsp;%)
-             </TMPL_UNLESS>
-           </li>
-         </TMPL_LOOP>
-         </ul>
-       </div>
-       </TMPL_IF>
-
-The following variables are available inside the loop (for every page in):
+An example of its use can be found in the default
+`templates/page.tmpl`. In case you want to customize it, the following
+variables are available inside the loop (for every page in):

 
 * `URL` - url to the page
 * `CODE` - two-letters language code
 
 * `URL` - url to the page
 * `CODE` - two-letters language code


@@ -178,15 +166,8 @@ The following variables are available inside the loop (for every page in):
 ### Display the current translation status
 
 The `PERCENTTRANSLATED` variable is set to the translation
 ### Display the current translation status
 
 The `PERCENTTRANSLATED` variable is set to the translation

-completeness, expressed in percent, on "slave" pages.
-
-One can use it this way:
-
-       <TMPL_IF NAME="ISTRANSLATION">
-       <div id="percenttranslated">
-         <TMPL_VAR NAME="PERCENTTRANSLATED">
-       </div>
-       </TMPL_IF>
+completeness, expressed in percent, on "slave" pages. It is used by
+the default `templates/page.tmpl`.

 
 Additional PageSpec tests
 -------------------------
 
 Additional PageSpec tests
 -------------------------


@@ -231,8 +212,8 @@ preferred `$EDITOR`, without needing to be online.
 Markup languages support
 ------------------------
 
 Markup languages support
 ------------------------
 

-Markdown is well supported. Some other markup languages supported by
-ikiwiki mostly work, but some pieces of syntax are not rendered
+[[Markdown|mdwn]] is well supported. Some other markup languages supported
+by ikiwiki mostly work, but some pieces of syntax are not rendered

 correctly on the slave pages:
 
 * [[reStructuredText|rst]]: anonymous hyperlinks and internal
 correctly on the slave pages:
 
 * [[reStructuredText|rst]]: anonymous hyperlinks and internal


@@ -246,7 +227,7 @@ correctly on the slave pages:
 Security
 ========
 
 Security
 ========
 

-[[./security]] contains a detailed security analysis of this plugin
+[[po/discussion]] contains a detailed security analysis of this plugin

 and its dependencies.
 
 When using po4a older than 0.35, it is recommended to uninstall
 and its dependencies.
 
 When using po4a older than 0.35, it is recommended to uninstall


@@ -270,43 +251,106 @@ ea753782b222bf4ba2fb4683b6363afdd9055b64, which should be reverted
 once [[intrigeri]]'s `meta` branch is merged.
 
 An integration branch, called `meta-po`, merges [[intrigeri]]'s `po`
 once [[intrigeri]]'s `meta` branch is merged.
 
 An integration branch, called `meta-po`, merges [[intrigeri]]'s `po`

-and `meta` branches, and thus has thise additional features.
+and `meta` branches, and thus has this additional features.
+
+Language display order
+----------------------
+
+Jonas pointed out that one might want to control the order that links to
+other languages are listed, for various reasons. Currently, there is no
+order, as `po_slave_languages` is a hash. It would need to be converted
+to an array to support this. (If twere done, twere best done quickly.)
+--[[Joey]] 
+
+Pagespecs
+---------
+
+I was suprised that, when using the map directive, a pagespec of "*"
+listed all the translated pages as well as regular pages. That can 
+make a big difference to an existing wiki when po is turned on,
+and seems generally not wanted.
+(OTOH, you do want to match translated pages by
+default when locking pages.) --[[Joey]]
+
+Edit links on untranslated pages
+--------------------------------
+
+If a page is not translated yet, the "translated" version of it
+displays wikilinks to other, existing (but not yet translated?)
+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.

 
 

-Robustness tests
-----------------
+This is with po_link_to=current or negotiated. With default, it doesn't
+happen.. 

 
 

-### Enabling/disabling the plugin
+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]] 

 
 

-* enabling the plugin with `po_translatable_pages` set to blacklist: **OK**
-* enabling the plugin with `po_translatable_pages` set to whitelist: **OK**
-* enabling the plugin without `po_translatable_pages` set: **OK**
-* disabling the plugin: **OK**
+Double commits of po files
+--------------------------

 
 

-### Changing the plugin config
+When adding a new english page, the po files are created, committed,
+and then committed again. The second commit makes this change:

 
 

-* adding existing pages to `po_translatable_pages`: **OK**
-* removing existing pages from `po_translatable_pages`: **OK**
-* adding a language to `po_slave_languages`: **OK**
-* removing a language from `po_slave_languages`: **OK**
-* changing `po_master_language`: **OK**
-* replacing `po_master_language` with a language previously part of
-  `po_slave_languages`: needs two rebuilds, but **OK** (this is quite
-  a perverse test actually)
+       -"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8\n"
+       -"Content-Transfer-Encoding: ENCODING"
+       +"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+       +"Content-Transfer-Encoding: ENCODING\n"

 
 

-### Creating/deleting/renaming pages
+Same thing happens when a change to an existing page triggers a po file
+update. --[[Joey]] 

 
 

-All cases of master/slave page creation/deletion/rename, both via RCS
-and via CGI, have been tested.
+Ugly messages with empty files
+------------------------------

 
 

-### Misc
+If there are empty .mdwn files, the po plugin displays some ugly messages.

 
 

-* general test with `usedirs` disabled: **OK**
-* general test with `indexpages` enabled: **not OK**
-* general test with `po_link_to=default` with `userdirs` enabled: **OK**
-* general test with `po_link_to=default` with `userdirs` disabled: **OK**
+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.
+
+Created page type
+-----------------
+
+The interdiction to create pages of type po was broken by the new
+`page_types` code. This is fixed in my po branch by
+commit 1914ae2fd24e1e802.
+
+While I was there, I also added some code to set a new default value
+to the type select field in case it was previously set to "po".
+This code favors the type of the linking page's masterpage on page
+creation (when `from=page.LL`). This is commit c9301d2c296f682.
+--[[intrigeri]]
+
+> Both cherry picked. --[[Joey]] 
+
+inline's post form's rootpage
+-----------------------------
+
+When a translatable page (say it is called "bugs") contains an
+[[inline directive|ikiwiki/directive/inline]] with `postform` enabled,
+the rootpage is l10n'd on translations pages (e.g. "bugs.fr" gets
+a `rootpage` value of `bugs.fr`). This is usually not what's expected,
+as translation pages are not supposed to have subpages. My po branch
+has code (e671e72053e81fa, which depends on 72ac9821e56637) that fixes
+this. --[[intrigeri]]
+
+link() pagespec on translation pages
+------------------------------------

 
 

-Misc. bugs
-----------
+The `link()` pagespec, on translation pages, currently tests whether
+a given page links to the *current translation page*, rather than
+whether it links to its master page. I believe the later is generally
+expected. Commit 646c9a4c95a480 in my po branch fixes this.
+--[[intrigeri]]

 
 Documentation
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 Documentation
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