Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
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> >>>>> "MW" == Mathias-H Weber <mweber@atlas.de> writes:
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> MW> In other words [...]
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> I don't know how much clearer I can make it. ...
Sorry, if I bothered you with my inquiry. But your explanations were
very valuable for me to estimate the state and the concept of your
approach.
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> MW> I am curious about the mechanism how the external texts are "required"
> MW> by the scripts.
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> ... basically every list ... has a file area which the owner
> can modify remotely. (I.e. files can be uploaded.) Files (including the
> long responses, list info, and help texts) are fetched from this area. So
> if you want your welcome message in Spanish, write it in Spanish and upload
> it as the file 'welcome'. Simple.
>
> There is a search order so every list owner doesn't have to rewrite all (or
> any) of their files.
>
Marvelous! I think this covers the most important aspects. For my side
we can stop the discussion here looking forward for the new release (is
there an idea about the (approximate) date?).
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> MW> Perhaps you could give me some details what a "good gettext-style
> MW> library" is, because I am not quite sure what it means.
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> Look at the GNU gettext library. I want that for Perl. If it existed for
> Perl, I would use it.
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I just did some research about this library. At the first glance it
seems to me that it is a perfect means to "internationalize" arbitrary
programs. Thank you for your hint!
And thank you for your patience and endeavor to answer my questions!
MW
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