Re: Summary (Re: A system for localizing documentation strings)

[M Jared Finder <jared@hpalace.com>]

Jean-Christophe Helary wrote:
> 
> On 29 juil. 07, at 11:22, Richard Stallman wrote:
> 
>>     Do you consider making elisp-mode locale aware a possibility ?
>>
>> I do not understand what "making elisp-mode locale aware" means
>> in concrete terms.
> 
> In concrete terms it means that if the locale language in English and 
> the elisp code documentation is in English elisp-mode will display the 
> English documentation.
> 
> If the locale language is Japanese and the elisp code documentation is 
> in Japanese or in English but with a Japanese translation available then 
> elisp-mode will display the Japanese.

There is no `elisp-mode'.  I believe you mean eldoc-mode:

eldoc-mode is an interactive autoloaded Lisp function in `eldoc'.
(eldoc-mode &optional arg)

Toggle ElDoc mode on or off.
In ElDoc mode, the echo area displays information about a
function or variable in the text where point is.  If point is
on a documented variable, it displays the first line of that
variable's doc string.  Otherwise it displays the argument list
of the function called in the expression point is on.

With prefix arg, turn ElDoc mode on if and only if arg is positive.


I have been watching this discussion from afar, and would LOVE to see a 
translated GNU Emacs appear, especially for User Commands, User 
Variables, and Error Messages.

   -- MJF