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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: Translated IDs ?
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () kde ! org>
Date:       1999-11-21 20:37:43
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Eric Bischoff wrote:
> 
> (in the previous message, I didn't answer exactly to your question, so here is
> the "right" answer)
> 
> > Also note that many of these identifiers will be unique to the
> > documentation (spaces cannot be used), so how are they added to the po
> > files,
> 
> You don't need a .po entry for each identifier, only for the ones where the
> application calls invokeHTMLHelp(i18n(s)). Entries to the .po file are added
> only when the pre-parser encounters i18n() "function" calls.
> 
> > and what will happen when the translation of the documentation
> > is behind on the English original?  Then you remove access to
> > documentation for the sake of file names.  Hmmm.
> 
> Again, the "usual" way for an application is to invoque HTML help is to call
> invoqueHTMLHelp("index.html"). This needs no change from LinuxDoc to DocBook
> and from one language to another. I didn't try, but I'm almost sure that other
> invoqueHTMLHelp() calls are very few, if not none. We are just thinking to a
> solution of a problem that does not exist. And in any case it is better than
> potential former LinuxDoc calls to invoqueHTMLHelp("index-5.html"); which have
> almost no meaning to the application programmer.
> 
As I told you before: invokeHTMLHelp(filename) will disappear and it
will be a 
invokeHelp(topic) and the function will lookup an index file before
opening the
right help.

Greetings, Stephan

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