[ckan-dev] Overwrite i18n strings from extensions

Fri Jun 24 15:24:50 UTC 2011

2011/6/24 Adrià Mercader <amercadero at gmail.com>:
> Well, in the case of IATI there are dozens of customized stings, .i.e.
> all of those who include "group" (per "publisher"), or "package" (per
> "activity file"). I don't see how can we can handle it parameterizing
> and the rewrite filter seems maybe is not flexible

OK, though why isn't the rewrite filter flexible?  I think it's
probably *more* flexible as it's programmatic rather than just
string-based.

I just don't like the fact that for this use-case we have to invent or
override a "language".  Maybe this doesn't matter, but it seems wrong
to me.

> I also think that is not hard to think of a use case where i18n could
> be necessary, like an extension for a national catalog which uses
> custom strings and wants to support different languages.

Sure.

Seb

> 2011/6/24 Seb Bacon <seb.bacon at gmail.com>:
>> Like I mentioned privately this morning, I'm not convinced this should
>> be supported in i18n.
>>
>> The only use-case I've seen for this so far is, in fact, Groups and
>> Publishers (which I've come across twice); perhaps these should just
>> be parameterised?
>>
>> Or we can rename them as a rewrite in a stream filter?
>>
>> Seb
>>
>> 2011/6/24 Adrià Mercader <amercadero at gmail.com>:
>>> Hi all,
>>> I was wondering if anybody has an idea regarding what is the best way
>>> for extensions to overwrite strings from ckan core.
>>> e.g. Someone wants "dataset" instead of "package" or "Publishers"
>>> instead of "Groups".
>>>
>>> Ideally, the mechanism should support:
>>> * i18ize the extension strings
>>> * Inherit from the ckan core i18n files, so you only have to define
>>> the strings you want to change.
>>>
>>> Or the only way is to modify the actual string on a custom template
>>> and not supporting i18n?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Adrià
>>>
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