From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Gavin Smith Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.texinfo.general,gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: @dircategory (Re: Translating Emacs manuals is of strategic importance) Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 20:37:48 +0000 Message-ID: References: <83frz4mmef.fsf@gnu.org> <83frz3lxg3.fsf@gnu.org> <83a5pblumn.fsf@gnu.org> <83zfxbk6x0.fsf@gnu.org> <83v87zk57y.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="24778"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: pertusus@free.fr, jean.christophe.helary@traductaire-libre.org, stefankangas@gmail.com, vincent.b.1@hotmail.fr, emacs-devel@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, help-texinfo@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: help-texinfo-bounces+gnu-help-texinfo2=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 11 21:38:15 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: gnu-help-texinfo2@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1rO1od-0006Ef-C5 for gnu-help-texinfo2@m.gmane-mx.org; 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Thu, 11 Jan 2024 12:37:49 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from localhost ([2a02:c7f:c29:b00:d05c:f374:c40a:4029]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id j28-20020a05600c1c1c00b0040e52f0e207sm1381425wms.0.2024.01.11.12.37.49 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 11 Jan 2024 12:37:49 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Original-From: Gavin Smith Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <83v87zk57y.fsf@gnu.org> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a00:1450:4864:20::336; envelope-from=gavinsmith0123@gmail.com; helo=mail-wm1-x336.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT=0.25, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-texinfo@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the Texinfo documentation system List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-texinfo-bounces+gnu-help-texinfo2=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-texinfo-bounces+gnu-help-texinfo2=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.comp.tex.texinfo.general:3414 gmane.emacs.devel:314876 Archived-At: On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 10:03:29PM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > From: Gavin Smith > > Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 19:46:30 +0000 > > Cc: pertusus@free.fr, jean.christophe.helary@traductaire-libre.org, > > stefankangas@gmail.com, vincent.b.1@hotmail.fr, emacs-devel@gnu.org, > > rms@gnu.org, help-texinfo@gnu.org > > > > > > Although it's not ideal, using cross-reference labels may be the best > > > > solution. It would be a temporary solution if the targetted manual > > > > obtained an English translation later. Once that is the case, the > > > > first manual could be updated with the translated node name, so > > > > "*note Choisir Tampon:(emacs)Select Buffer." becomes > > > > "*note (emacs)Choisir Tampon::", eliminating the English. > > > > > > You mean, the Info reader should do that? It would mean that the Info > > > reader will need to access all its cross-manual links in a node before > > > it can display the node with or without the English node names. > > > > I meant that the maintainers of the translated document would update it. > > That'd mean whenever a new translated manual is released, the > translators will need to update all the manuals that cross-reference > to the newly-released one, and users will then need to update their > manuals. Should be possible, of course, but quite a hassle, IMO. Well, they wouldn't *need* to update the manuals. The links to the English node names would still work as long as the translated manual has the @anchor commands with those node names.