[WG: I18N & L10N] RSF and i18n documentation

[David Horwitz]

Hi

On 12/01/2010 03:04 PM, Jean-Francois Leveque wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Looks like we don't have much information about RSF and i18n on the i18n 
> best practices page
> http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/I18N/Best+Practices+for+Internationalized+Tools+in+Sakai#BestPracticesforInternationalizedToolsinSakai-RSFbasedtools
>
> Looks like the official RSF i18n information is not 
> http://www2.caret.cam.ac.uk/rsfwiki/Wiki.jsp?page=I18N anymore but is 
> now http://rsf.fluidproject.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=I18N.
>
> What does MessageLocator do compared to the Sakai official 
> ResourceLoader class?
>
>   
The message locator and the resource loader are fairly similar. However
in an RSF tool these days the messagelocator is rererly used directly -
one abstracts it using UIMessage or the template localization


> What does TargettedMessage do compared to Sakai ResourceLoader's 
> getFormattedMessage()?
>
>   
These are quite different things. The target message is specifically for
warning/confirmation messages that would be displayed to the user
(velocity has a similar concept whose name escapes me)


> Are there other ways to do the i18n with RSF?
>
> http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/~markjnorton/RSF+Content+Example 
> gives information but I think it should state which method is right for 
> i18n.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Can you help with this?
>
> Cheers,
>
> J-F
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