[gmpi] Re: 3.19 Localization

On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 09:01:49AM -0700, Tim Hockin wrote:
> > Some work could be taken off the plugin by letting the host pick a
> > metadata file (where one is provided) based on an extension or name
> > component. For example metadata-en_GB.txt, assuming the metadata
> > syntax chosen doesnt have builtin i18n support. 
> 
> That's what I meant by the third req - providing a translation API.  it
> could be gettext() or it could be host->translate() or it could be
> gmpi_xlate() or whatever.  If you know the plugins 'name' and path, you
> can find the strings automatically, so all the plugin needs to do is call
> the gmpi specced translator.  Works for images too.

If you have static metadata you dont need to call any translation
functions.

- Steve

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