Re: [PHP-DOC] experimental manual source for advanced translation handling From: Hartmut Holzgraefe (hartmut <email protected>)
Date: 06/26/01

Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote:
> That the xml processing is slowed down is a pity, but it is
> IMO not important. It's the output and the ease of modifying
> /translating that counts, not the number of cycles wasted on it.

the actual slowdown running jade was about 15sec with a total
of 13min on my (slow disk) laptop, so nobody will really notice this

> > [...] have them split up and recombined in the background
> > during the actual built, but that is a different story ...
>
> The latter option is IMO best: you do not break CVS, you do
> not have to change all files, and you can still edit the files
> in a module-basis, rather than a single file for every minor
> function.
> For translation it is less useful, you'll need to get single functions
> from the english sources when you want to translate a new function,
> rather than simply copying a file.

i still want to have each translation as a cvs module of its own,
so breaking them up into single files might be a good chance to
move them instead of updation the current repository

maybe we could stay with the english version as is, but have a split
up tree generated with the cvs version of the master file insterted
as a comment at the very top so translaters could take this over as
they do their work ... (although this would break the simple/stupid
rule)

and, hey, we could even build a web frontend for translators based
on this, offering them only those parts for a change that really
need one

<evil_genious_mode>
we could go even further and reduce translation files to the parts
between <refpurpose>...</refpurpose> and </funcsynopsis>...</refsect1>
while getting <refname> und <funcsynopsis> from the original file ;)
</evil_genious_mode> 

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