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Re: separating language independent data from the .wml files



On Mon, May 03, 1999 at 06:10:51PM -0400, James A. Treacy wrote:
> A better example of moving the language independent portion
> of the pages into a separate file has been created using the
> y2k pages. The .wml files in the y2k directory are translated
> as usual, but they include ../../english/y2k/file.data which
> includes the actual y2k status information.
> 
> The only thing needed besides translating the .wml file as
> usual, is that slices for the status keywords used in the table
> need to be added to the .data file (only once, of course).
> 
> After a language switches to the new format, all updates
> to the y2k information will be seen by all translations
> automatically and with no action needed on the part of
> the translators. Of course, that is not true if one of the
> .wml files is modified.
What if a translater discovers he needs to tweek his translation or a new
translator adds... will all the languages be updated or just the one for
the language that was tweaked?

> 
> Jay Treacy
> 
> 
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