Issue 7932 - Use gettext ?
Summary: Use gettext ?
Status: CLOSED WONT_FIX
Alias: None
Product: Internationalization
Classification: Code
Component: code (show other issues)
Version: current
Hardware: All All
: P3 Trivial (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: nils.fuhrmann
QA Contact: issues@l10n
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Reported: 2002-09-27 23:42 UTC by oblomov
Modified: 2013-08-07 15:00 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Patch to use gettext on strings read from resource files (1.51 KB, patch)
2003-10-03 14:25 UTC, davidfraser 		no flags Details | Diff
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Description oblomov 2002-09-27 23:42:41 UTC 
Hello,

it may be just an idea of mine, but I really think OpenOffice.org should use gettext for 
the localization of the interface. There are many advantages that would come from this: easier 
work on those responsible for the localizations, possibility to install more than one 
interface, ability to switch easily from one to the other ...

The price to pay would be that all 
the strings would have to be gettextized. I think it's a fair price ...
Comment 1 Dieter.Loeschky 2002-09-30 10:22:08 UTC 
DL->NF: Could you please takeover?
Comment 2 nils.fuhrmann 2003-01-07 11:10:30 UTC 
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Comment 3 nils.fuhrmann 2003-02-07 08:49:38 UTC 
In general, I agree that it makes sense to align different open source
solutions. In this case, we have to keep in mind, that consequent
usage of gettext means changing our resource systems completally. This
affects not only the UI but also the configuration with his
localizable items, the setup functionality etc. My feeling is, that
the benefit of such change is not that big.
I remember, that other teams are already discussing how to go forward
with the OOo resource system regarding the UI (customizable UI, XML
based resources etc.)
To fit into translation processes based on gettext, it is possible to
convert the OOo gsi files to PO and back. I remember a team on OOo
that did so.
In my opinion, this issue has to be discussed on the corresponding dev
list instead of this issue.
Comment 4 michael.bemmer 2003-03-11 18:05:34 UTC 
As mentioned on the qa dev list on March 5th I will close all resolved duplicate
issues. Please see this posting for details. First step in IssueZilla is
unfortunately to set them to verified.
Comment 5 michael.bemmer 2003-03-11 18:14:12 UTC 
As mentioned on the qa dev list on March 5th I will close all resolved
<wontfix/duplicate/worksforme/invalid> issues. Please see this posting for details.
Comment 6 davidfraser 2003-10-03 14:25:09 UTC 
Created attachment 9957 [details]
Patch to use gettext on strings read from resource files
Comment 7 davidfraser 2003-10-03 14:26:22 UTC 
I have attached a patch that uses gettext to localize strings that are
read out of resource files. I will discuss this further on the l10n
list...
Comment 8 davidfraser 2003-10-03 14:42:00 UTC 
PS the patch is for 1.1