[WG: I18N & L10N] [sakai-kernel] Re: Sakai 3 I18n and L10n

Tue Sep 29 01:06:21 PDT 2009

Thanks Steve!

I'm afraid I can't find localise calls within open-experiments.

Is Sakai 3 localized another way or is the localization code somewhere else?

Cheers,
Jean-Francois

Steve Swinsburg a écrit :
> There are localisation packages for jQuery that allow you to use keys in 
> your Javascript and pull the values from a localised file of key/value 
> pairs, just like we do now in normal Sakai tools.
> 
> http://keith-wood.name/localisation.html#settings
> 
> YAFT is using this for its UI, ie:
> 
> yaft_home_label = 'Home';
> yaft_forums_label = 'Forums';
> 
> 
> cheers,
> Steve
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> Ian Boston wrote:
>> On 28 Sep 2009, at 10:35, Jean-Francois Leveque wrote:
>>
>>   
>>> Greetings,
>>>
>>> I wouldn't mind having the Sakai 3 equivalent of
>>> http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/I18N/How+to+Translate 
>>> +Sakai.
>>>     
>>
>>
>> Yes, that would be useful. From previous discussions localization of  
>> the UI has been an issue for the UI itself rather than backend and we  
>> have adopted a similar approach as used by OpenSocial in gadgets. I  
>> *think* there was some doc for this in the UX project area.
>>
>> The backend *should* be free of code that binds it to any one locale.
>>
>> Ian
>>
>>
>>   
>>> I don't know where to go to localize Sakai 3.
>>>
>>> Jean-François
>>>
>>> Michael Korcuska a écrit :
>>>     
>>>> [Apologies for cross-posting, replies should probably just go to i18n at collab-sakaiproject.org
>>>>  and sakai-kernel at googlegroups.com]
>>>>
>>>> Greetings,
>>>>
>>>> I'd like to draw your attention to some potential i18n work on Sakai
>>>> 3. I think the code is now stable enough for some  
>>>> internationalization
>>>> tests. It would be great if we could do some trial localization work
>>>> and see what needs to be improved to make localization easier. As you
>>>> know it will get more and more difficult to change as things move
>>>> further along....
>>>>
>>>> Michael
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>>
>>>>       
>>>>> From: Jean-Francois Leveque <jean-francois.leveque at upmc.fr>
>>>>> Date: September 24, 2009 3:23:00 AM PDT
>>>>> To: sakai-kernel at googlegroups.com
>>>>> Subject: [sakai-kernel] Re: Maven build failure
>>>>> Reply-To: sakai-kernel at googlegroups.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You shouldn't encourage me to shout at you ;)
>>>>>
>>>>> Am I the only one using another language working with you so far?
>>>>>
>>>>> Is the Git Community Book the best git beginner resource?
>>>>>
>>>>> J-F
>>>>>
>>>>> Ian Boston a écrit :
>>>>>         
>>>>>> Cool, thanks
>>>>>> I have applied, tested, committed and pushed you should be able to
>>>>>> pull the update (although you already have it locally)
>>>>>> If you see any more AngloSaxon mistakes please shout at us :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ian
>>>>>> On 24 Sep 2009, at 10:40, Jean-Francois Leveque wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>           
>>>>>>> I'm familiar with JIRA.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/KERN-334
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The patch is attached to the issue.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I had to add the file path to get only its changes.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> J-F
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ian Boston a écrit :
>>>>>>>             
>>>>>>>> On 24 Sep 2009, at 10:00, Jean-Francois Leveque wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>               
>>>>>>>>> As you can see, I get a DateTime in French:
>>>>>>>>> jeu., 24 sept. 2009 09:41:20 +0100
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'm afraid RFC 2822's Date and Time Specification uses English  
>>>>>>>>> 3-
>>>>>>>>> letter
>>>>>>>>> day and month abbreviations.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I had to add an import
>>>>>>>>>                 
>>>>>>>>>> import java.util.Locale;
>>>>>>>>>>                   
>>>>>>>>> and change
>>>>>>>>>                 
>>>>>>>>>> rfc2822 = FastDateFormat.getInstance("EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss
>>>>>>>>>> Z");
>>>>>>>>>>                   
>>>>>>>>> into
>>>>>>>>>                 
>>>>>>>>>> rfc2822 = FastDateFormat.getInstance("EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss
>>>>>>>>>> Z",
>>>>>>>>>>                   
>>>>>>>>> new Locale("en"));
>>>>>>>>> in DateUtils.java to make the test work.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I still have to learn about git to get the change to you through
>>>>>>>>> my
>>>>>>>>> fork. :(
>>>>>>>>>                 
>>>>>>>> This is great, I can fix from here, just for completeness can you
>>>>>>>> open
>>>>>>>> a JIRA at [1] and let me know the number.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If you want to do more patches.
>>>>>>>> a jira with an attached patch is the best way
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> git diff HEAD^ > KERN-xxx.patch
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> will generate a patch file for you (assuming your last commit to
>>>>>>>> your
>>>>>>>> local repo was the patch)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -----
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If you have a higher volume of patches, I can start watching your
>>>>>>>> master branch and pulling automatically, but I would have to ask
>>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>>> to sign and CLA for that. (unless there is one on file for you
>>>>>>>> already)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Ian
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [1] http://jira.sakaiproject.org/secure/CreateIssue!default.jspa
>>>>>>>> project Kernel - K2 (KERN)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>               
>>>>>>>>> Hope you don't mind making this i18n change manually.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Jean-François
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Ian Boston a écrit :
>>>>>>>>>                 
>>>>>>>>>> What does DateUtils.rfc2822()  produce on your box ?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> You could put a System.err.println( DateUtils.rfc2822()); in  
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> test
>>>>>>>>>> case to see the output.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I think there must be a mistake there somewhere.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Ian
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 23 Sep 2009, at 16:07, Jean-Francois Leveque wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>                   
>>>>>>>>>>> DateUtilsTest