[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Message translation

[Rich Felker]

On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 11:37:46PM +0100, Ötvös Attila wrote:
> hétfő 04 december 2006 21:40 dátummal Diego Biurrun ezt írta:
> > And this is probably a source for your problems.  Start using
> > Subversion, you will not regret it and it will make your life easier.
> > Here's a guide that should get you started:
> >
> > http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/tech/svn-howto.txt
> Thank you.
> 
> > But a general question: Have you read the thread about the new
> > translation system?  Does this patch take that thread into account?
> 
> I probed reading but I'm not sure this patch takes that. 
> [ My English knowledge isn't good. :( ]
> I will hope they'll see it and express an opinion on my patch.
> 
> Main characteristics of my patch:
> - it directly convert from help_msg-??.h
> - it check printf formats (%s %i ...)
> - it uses binary translation files (separated as languages)

I suppose I should read this and see what you've done in these areas.

> - it creates text hash from english message
> - it creates text hash in runtime with (binary) seek tarnslated messages

This is inefficient and semantically wrong. Translation is NOT A
FUNCTION or the English message. It's a function of a higher-level
semantic understanding of what the message is there for.

Rich