From owner-freebsd-i18n Tue Dec 17 21:52: 3 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-i18n@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3CDA37B401 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 21:52:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp04.iprimus.com.au (smtp04.iprimus.com.au [210.50.76.52]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A39143ED4 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 21:52:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tim@robbins.dropbear.id.au) Received: from smtp01.iprimus.net.au (210.50.30.70) by smtp04.iprimus.com.au (6.7.010) id 3DF583C30010D879 for freebsd-i18n@FreeBSD.org; Wed, 18 Dec 2002 16:51:50 +1100 Received: from dilbert.robbins.dropbear.id.au ([210.50.203.49]) by smtp01.iprimus.net.au with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5600); Wed, 18 Dec 2002 16:51:48 +1100 Received: from dilbert.robbins.dropbear.id.au (or1w18wq2rn3bi3s@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dilbert.robbins.dropbear.id.au (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBI5q3Cv087340; Wed, 18 Dec 2002 16:52:04 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from tim@dilbert.robbins.dropbear.id.au) Received: (from tim@localhost) by dilbert.robbins.dropbear.id.au (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gBI5q29n087339; Wed, 18 Dec 2002 16:52:02 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from tim) Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 16:52:02 +1100 From: Tim Robbins To: Evren Yurtesen Cc: freebsd-i18n@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i18n question about localization Message-ID: <20021218165202.A86732@dilbert.robbins.dropbear.id.au> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from eyurtese@turkuamk.fi on Sun, Dec 15, 2002 at 10:14:53PM +0200 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 18 Dec 2002 05:51:49.0609 (UTC) FILETIME=[8EB17590:01C2A659] Sender: owner-freebsd-i18n@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Dec 15, 2002 at 10:14:53PM +0200, Evren Yurtesen wrote: > Hi, > > 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. Tim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-i18n" in the body of the message