kde translations

[Nicolas Goutte]

On Tuesday 12 July 2005 00:16, tnagyemail-ml at yahoo.fr wrote:
> Why aren't xml files used for translations (qt .ts or
> derived),

Because KDE has an history. When KDE started to have translations, gettext had 
no plural forms and Qt had not any translation format either.

> and for how long should kde rely on
> non-standard, forked, obscure, under-documented tools
> like this:
> ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/devel/gettext-kde/gettext-0.10.35-kde.tar.gz?

Until somebody writes a patch for more recent versions of gettext?

(There is still the problem that gettext has no context handling, so a patch 
will still be needed.)

>
> Is scripty a way to promote tight integration between
> applications ?

I am not sure to understand this question. Scripty helps the translators by 
doing routine tasks.

> Is the aim to make it hard for
> developers to write standalone internationalized kde
> apps ?

No!

>
> Regards,
> Thomas

Have a nice day!

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