[Cuis-dev] Locale Plugin and Gettext package

[Hilaire Fernandes]

Hello,

A while ago, more than 10 years. I ported to Pharo the original 
Gettext[1] package developed by the Etoys team[2], to use it with DrGeo. 
Gettext is a system to translate the string in an image. It is 
originally a C library. There is then a whole ecosystem to manage the 
translation of the application[3]. The translations are done per domain 
correlated with class category in Smalltalk. So you can manage 
translation with different .po files per class category. It is a very 
valuable addition when you are targeting end user, out of the English 
sphere.

To work it requires the LocalePlugin to be used in the Smalltalk system, 
to detect which locale to use and which translation file to use.

The gettext package in the Pharo community has continued to evolve with 
fixes[2]. It is used by people developing end user web application. The 
Squeak community seems to have completely forgotten about it. So a port 
to Cuis should be done from the Pharo version found in SmalltalkHub or GIT.

This is a port I will have to do for DrGeo. Other people interested to 
join in the effort?

Best

Hilaire

[1 ] https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/

[2] http://smalltalkhub.com/

[3] https://translations.launchpad.net/drgeo

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