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[doopdoop]

Another user from El Salvador wanted to make a Spanish translation and maybe it is a good idea to discuss a few things before doing it

There are a few decisions to make:

1) One version with multiple languages, or multiple versions?
I am strongly in favour of the first alternative, as it reduces maintainance and give flexibility to the enduser. I think it is worth the few extra KBs.
Another consideration is the possibility of installing language packs via PupGet.
2) "Standard" ways of i18n or custom solutions ?
For shell scripts, gettext seems the way to go. It's an 8kb executable on my Ubuntu. This should be fairly easy to include.
I am not an C library expert. Is gettext() included in the puppy version of libc ?
For the menu system: multiple config files versions or automatic menu generation ?
The first one is simple to implement, but harder to maintain when there are multiple window managers and languages.
I like the "menu" package from Debian (http://devel.santafelinux.com/source/menu-2.1.15/), but it depends on libstdc++ (can we circumvent that ?) and is not that small.
Do you know alternatives from other (mini) distributions ?

[Hacao]

Hi !

I thinh that, Puppy very well know if supported UTF-8 !

Thanks,

[umwelteinsatz]

I have no idea how to do translations of Puppy, but I can help if somebody knowledgable wants to do a German translation.

Theo

[Lobster]

Miene Liebe Damen und Herring

Dis ist das URL fur diese Deutch Friende oft der kliene hunde
http://www.goosee.com/puppy/wikka/GermanLanguage

I think I said:

[Hacao]

Hi !

How are we gonna translate into Vietnamese? (Lobster)

I thinks that, gonna translate into Vietnamese, you must finish such as :

1. Supported locale UTF-8 (only en_US.UTF-8 or vi_VN.UTF-.
We are processing ! (not finish yet !) --> not yet OK !

If not Supported locale UTF-8 then not install software typing Vietnamese!

2. Show Vietnamese font --> OK !

3. Translations to Vietnamese ! --> many people using Vietnamese will help us ! I know a org support translate into Vietnamese ! --> OK

....

I thinks that, Puppy need supported locale UTF-8 first !

Thanks,

[Flash]

Have you guys read this thread yet?

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