[josm-dev] New I18N-feature for JOSM webpages
Dirk Stöcker
openstreetmap at dstoecker.de
Fri Dec 31 15:37:56 GMT 2010
On Thu, 30 Dec 2010, Dirk Stöcker wrote:
>> I added a new feature for JOSM webpages: The TranslatedPages macro now
>> suports a parameter "revision" (used e.g. in De:WikiStart). This should be
>> set to the revision of the base page for the time of last translating the
>> page. Whenever the base page is changed, the languages menu then contains
>> a link to the differences as last entry. This should help to keep
>> translations in sync and also make keeping translations up-to-date easier.
>
> What I forgot:
>
> It would be fine when some of the translators of the Wiki add the
> (revision=xxx) parameter to their pages (I can't verify what revision a page
> really refers too except for German :-) When this is used one more pages,
> than probably the remaining ones will be updated step-by-step.
>
> Best would be to check and update page to current revision and the set
> "revison=" to the current revision. In case you don't know the number:
> * You find it in Page history of english page,
> * Or set it to 1 and do a page "Preview", then you get the newest one
> displayed with the diffs :-)
>
> The second method can also be used to find the correct older revision in case
> you don't have time to adapt to changes in English original. Simply increase
> revision and do preview until there are only changes not yet integrated in
> the current text.
>
> Suggestions and improvements welcome.
I created the new page https://josm.openstreetmap.de/wiki/Translations,
which describes the whole issue a bit more in detail. Except Russian and
French I updated all translated pages to support the revision parameter.
Happy New Year to all of you
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