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Subject: Re: Review Request 125682: Pre-fill translator information for KAboutApplicationDialog
From: "Chusslove Illich" <caslav.ilic () gmx ! net>
Date: 2015-10-19 15:43:27
Message-ID: 20151019154327.14267.63680 () mimi ! kde ! org
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> On Окт. 18, 2015, 10:44 пре п., Albert Astals Cid wrote:
> > src/kmainwindow.cpp, line 209
> > <https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/125682/diff/1/?file=411516#file411516line209>
> >
> > This is not going to work, you need to undefine TRANSLATION_DOMAIN include \
> > klocalizedstring again and then call this i18nc so it gets it from the "global" \
> > (i.e. the app) catalog and not from the kxmlgui5 catalog
Should work if instead the domain-explicit call with NULL domain is used, as that \
means to look in the application catalog. Like i18ndc(NULL, "NAME OF TRANSLATORS", \
"Your names").
- Chusslove
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On Окт. 18, 2015, 4:13 пре п., Michael Pyne wrote:
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> (Updated Окт. 18, 2015, 4:13 пре п.)
>
>
> Review request for KDE Frameworks, Localization and Translation (l10n) and Albert \
> Astals Cid.
>
> Bugs: 345320
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=345320
>
>
> Repository: kxmlgui
>
>
> Description
> -------
>
> KAboutData has a placeholder for information regarding who translated the running \
> KDE-based application (KAboutData::translators()). However it relies on the \
> application developer to call KAboutData::setTranslator() since KCoreAddons (a Tier \
> 1 framework) cannot use KI18n directly. Instead the Qt translation infrastructure \
> is used where translations are unavoidable, but that is not compatible with KF5's \
> i18n. This (IIUC) gives different behavior than KDE4, where KAboutData could (and \
> did!) directly pull the translated list of translators, so application authors \
> didn't have to do anything special for their about dialog to have the list of \
> translators.
> For the majority of our applications we can make the ::setTranslator() call on the \
> application developer's behalf, as recommended by Albert on kdeframeworks-devel, \
> and by doing so from KMainWindow (a relatively central location for KF5-using \
> applications) we can use KI18n and get the accurately-translated message. Feeding \
> the already-translated information into KAboutData should work to form the list of \
> translators for later use by KAboutApplicationDialog, or other accessors of that \
> information.
> This patch implements all that. I avoided using a global startup method as \
> suggested by Albert (since the Qt docs suggest that this startup would happen \
> *before* the GUI starts up, and I want to make sure KI18n is available); \
> KMainWindow seems the next best option, and even non-KXmlGuiWindow users might use \
> this. There are probably other good alternatives too (maybe even the platform \
> plugin?).
>
> Diffs
> -----
>
> src/kmainwindow.cpp 7c86841
>
> Diff: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/125682/diff/
>
>
> Testing
> -------
>
> Compiled, apps all still work.
>
> I find it hard to test whether the translators actually show up or not though, as I \
> do not use translated KF5 apps.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michael Pyne
>
>
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<blockquote style="margin-left: 1em; border-left: 2px solid #d0d0d0; padding-left: \
10px;"> <p style="margin-top: 0;">On октобар 18th, 2015, 10:44 пре п. \
CEST, <b>Albert Astals Cid</b> wrote:</p> <blockquote style="margin-left: 1em; \
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<td colspan="4"><pre style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 140%; margin: 0; ">void \
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style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 140%; margin: 0; "></pre></td> <th \
bgcolor="#b1ebb0" style="border-left: 1px solid #C0C0C0; border-right: 1px solid \
#C0C0C0;" align="right"><font size="2">209</font></th> <td bgcolor="#c5ffc4" \
width="50%"><pre style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 140%; margin: 0; "> <span \
class="n">KAboutData</span><span class="o">::</span><span \
class="n">applicationData</span><span class="p">().</span><span \
class="n">setTranslator</span><span class="p">(</span></pre></td> </tr>
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<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: \
-pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><p style="padding: \
0;text-rendering: inherit;margin: 0;line-height: inherit;white-space: inherit;">This \
is not going to work, you need to undefine TRANSLATION_DOMAIN include \
klocalizedstring again and then call this i18nc so it gets it from the "global" (i.e. \
the app) catalog and not from the kxmlgui5 catalog</p></pre> </blockquote>
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<pre style="margin-left: 1em; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; \
white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Should work \
if instead the domain-explicit call with NULL domain is used, as that means to look \
in the application catalog. Like i18ndc(NULL, "NAME OF TRANSLATORS", \
"Your names").</pre> <br />
<p>- Chusslove</p>
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<p>On октобар 18th, 2015, 4:13 пре п. CEST, Michael Pyne wrote:</p>
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<div>Review request for KDE Frameworks, Localization and Translation (l10n) and \
Albert Astals Cid.</div> <div>By Michael Pyne.</div>
<p style="color: grey;"><i>Updated Окт. 18, 2015, 4:13 пре п.</i></p>
<div style="margin-top: 1.5em;">
<b style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1.5em;">Bugs: </b>
<a href="https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=345320">345320</a>
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<b style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt;">Repository: </b>
kxmlgui
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<h1 style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1.5em;">Description </h1>
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style="border: 1px solid #b8b5a0"> <tr>
<td>
<pre style="margin: 0; padding: 0; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: \
-moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: \
break-word;"><p style="padding: 0;text-rendering: inherit;margin: 0;line-height: \
inherit;white-space: inherit;">KAboutData has a placeholder for information regarding \
who translated the running KDE-based application (KAboutData::translators()). However \
it relies on the application developer to call KAboutData::setTranslator() since \
KCoreAddons (a Tier 1 framework) cannot use KI18n directly. Instead the Qt \
translation infrastructure is used where translations are unavoidable, but that is \
not compatible with KF5's i18n. This (IIUC) gives different behavior than KDE4, where \
KAboutData could (and did!) directly pull the translated list of translators, so \
application authors didn't have to do anything special for their about dialog to have \
the list of translators.</p> <p style="padding: 0;text-rendering: inherit;margin: \
0;line-height: inherit;white-space: inherit;">For the majority of our applications we \
can make the ::setTranslator() call on the application developer's behalf, as \
recommended by Albert on kdeframeworks-devel, and by doing so from KMainWindow (a \
relatively central location for KF5-using applications) we can use KI18n and get the \
accurately-translated message. Feeding the already-translated information into \
KAboutData should work to form the list of translators for later use by \
KAboutApplicationDialog, or other accessors of that information.</p> <p \
style="padding: 0;text-rendering: inherit;margin: 0;line-height: inherit;white-space: \
inherit;">This patch implements all that. I avoided using a global startup method as \
suggested by Albert (since the Qt docs suggest that this startup would happen <em \
style="padding: 0;text-rendering: inherit;margin: 0;line-height: inherit;white-space: \
normal;">before</em> the GUI starts up, and I want to make sure KI18n is available); \
KMainWindow seems the next best option, and even non-KXmlGuiWindow users might use \
this. There are probably other good alternatives too (maybe even the platform \
plugin?).</p></pre> </td>
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<h1 style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1.5em;">Testing </h1>
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<pre style="margin: 0; padding: 0; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: \
-moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: \
break-word;"><p style="padding: 0;text-rendering: inherit;margin: 0;line-height: \
inherit;white-space: inherit;">Compiled, apps all still work.</p> <p style="padding: \
0;text-rendering: inherit;margin: 0;line-height: inherit;white-space: inherit;">I \
find it hard to test whether the translators actually show up or not though, as I do \
not use translated KF5 apps.</p></pre> </td>
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<h1 style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1.5em;">Diffs</b> </h1>
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<li>src/kmainwindow.cpp <span style="color: grey">(7c86841)</span></li>
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<p><a href="https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/125682/diff/" style="margin-left: \
3em;">View Diff</a></p>
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