Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 16:52:02 +1100 From: Tim Robbins <tjr@FreeBSD.org> To: Evren Yurtesen <eyurtese@turkuamk.fi> Cc: freebsd-i18n@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i18n question about localization Message-ID: <20021218165202.A86732@dilbert.robbins.dropbear.id.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.A41.4.10.10212152209050.83750-100000@bessel.tekniikka.turkuamk.fi>; from eyurtese@turkuamk.fi on Sun, Dec 15, 2002 at 10:14:53PM %2B0200 References: <Pine.A41.4.10.10212152209050.83750-100000@bessel.tekniikka.turkuamk.fi>
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On Sun, Dec 15, 2002 at 10:14:53PM +0200, Evren Yurtesen wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering if it is possible to localize sysinstall and 'all' other > system programs easily with the help of i18n stuff? if yes then a link to > a document which describes how to proceed would suffice. > > I ask this because the linux has been translated into Turkish for example > but there is no such thing about FreeBSD going on. I might volunteer for > the job if it is easy enough =) Most of the utilities in the base system aren't easy to translate yet. The only ones that I know of that would be easy to translate are nvi, tcsh, and ee. I've been thinking about implementing a GNU/Solaris style gettext() library and converting the utilities to use that but haven't had the time or energy to do it yet. Tim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-i18n" in the body of the message
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