Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 15:48:54 +0200 From: Alexey Zelkin <phantom@FreeBSD.org.ua> To: Tim Robbins <tjr@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Evren Yurtesen <eyurtese@turkuamk.fi>, freebsd-i18n@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: i18n question about localization Message-ID: <20021218154854.A28347@phantom.cris.net> In-Reply-To: <20021218165202.A86732@dilbert.robbins.dropbear.id.au>; from tjr@FreeBSD.ORG on Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 04:52:02PM %2B1100 References: <Pine.A41.4.10.10212152209050.83750-100000@bessel.tekniikka.turkuamk.fi> <20021218165202.A86732@dilbert.robbins.dropbear.id.au>
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hi,
On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 04:52:02PM +1100, Tim Robbins wrote:
> > I was wondering if it is possible to localize sysinstall and 'all' other
> > system programs easily with the help of i18n stuff? if yes then a link to
> > a document which describes how to proceed would suffice.
> >
> > I ask this because the linux has been translated into Turkish for example
> > but there is no such thing about FreeBSD going on. I might volunteer for
> > the job if it is easy enough =)
>
> Most of the utilities in the base system aren't easy to translate yet.
> The only ones that I know of that would be easy to translate are nvi, tcsh,
> and ee.
>
> I've been thinking about implementing a GNU/Solaris style gettext() library
> and converting the utilities to use that but haven't had the time or energy
> to do it yet.
No need to implement it. I have development patchset which add support
for gettext()-style and str{error,signal}() translation primitives. But
unfortunatelly last months were too busy to clean them up and make
commit ready :-(
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