From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Gregory Heytings Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Translating Emacs manuals is of strategic importance Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 12:08:09 +0000 Message-ID: <4719da9bc2c9ad53882d@heytings.org> References: <87r0iz3lx0.fsf@yahoo.com> <877ckqa6m5.fsf@yahoo.com> <8734vda9kz.fsf@yahoo.com> <5EC9A02F-DB34-48B6-BD2D-CB9E89A385D0@traductaire-libre.org> <83r0iwuek9.fsf@gnu.org> <837cknvkrx.fsf@gnu.org> <4719da9bc2414ff2d8c0@heytings.org> <83h6jjj6ht.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="29100"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: jean.christophe.helary@traductaire-libre.org, stefankangas@gmail.com, vincent.b.1@hotmail.fr, emacs-devel@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 12 13:09:03 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1rOGLO-0007MS-Rz for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 12 Jan 2024 13:09:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rOGKg-0003JM-Il; Fri, 12 Jan 2024 07:08:18 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rOGKe-0003J1-50 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jan 2024 07:08:16 -0500 Original-Received: from heytings.org ([95.142.160.155]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rOGKb-0007AP-Ck; Fri, 12 Jan 2024 07:08:15 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=heytings.org; s=20220101; t=1705061290; bh=2GkjMwT+Q3E83B1SRQXtUeLzoJPHRySgR2OrNrotneY=; h=Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:References:From; b=5dU36dmhwcnzWXpxfCHEOUmX/PO0bXKsKrydJSWoTzd/SO3gUx3vgFwFLvqF0vpJw cdtmz8Xof4XVf9fnPeyRYa6FbiOrjwY7z8XVuCfuqvTjnZf+nrqayNRhQv8S6Txv5X thNLV+2WceHIKpQqbnerQKkb7wQtgNkv6wNfBuigL1hqhJxS3A6z1oextT632uPeAj dr3T5fwyfEVjjoMKBaWtHIY6/Jcc1GsHhh4vwQ/toxI1CLJR1oDrxuvN+2rU6vFOlK ogHjKLn8ujDb3Kat01C+Y+UXifAZg0LscXzBJHjsZhzo8trGC7CXb54LxfCKIuWAJX 0myRCBFc55lwQ== In-Reply-To: <83h6jjj6ht.fsf@gnu.org> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=95.142.160.155; envelope-from=gregory@heytings.org; helo=heytings.org X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 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, SPF_HELO_PASS=-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: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:314897 Archived-At: >> FYI, the LibreOffice manual ("Help") is more than twice the size of the >> Emacs manual, and has been translated in a few dozen languages. > > Is it written in Texinfo? > Of course not. The "master" (English) file is written in XML, and PO is used for the translations. > > Does it reference other manuals? > No, AFAIK it is self-contained. > > How does LibreOffice decide in which language to display the manual? > LibreOffice is fully localized. Its UI elements and Help are displayed in the language specified in the LC_ALL or LANG environment variable.