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== New laptop.org POT files ==

The results were positive and the [[PO-laptop.org-en-US]] has been split (thus also the [[PO-laptop.org-es]] translation too). Hopefully it will help translators in their jobs... time will tell :) --[[User:Xavi|Xavi]] 00:18, 2 April 2007 (EDT)

=== The actual (old) test ===

Testing an idea for the new round of [[:Category:PO files]]... which happen to have grown quite a bit since the last time, making them not only a bigger effort but also a more complex one when trying to let several people tackle it at the same time due to possible conflicts.

  '''lines   size    POT file'''
    367  13.7 kb  [[POT]]
    320  15.5 kb  [[Es PO]]
   1144  50.0 kb  <nowiki>[[User:Felice/website_copy|New POT]]</nowiki>
   1162  56.2 kb  <nowiki>[[User:Felice/website copy/lang-es AR|New Es PO]]</nowiki>

So the idea that I'm playing with is to use subpages for each 'section' of the POT. This will obviously make it more complicated to set up a translation (there will be ''n'' new pages for each translation) but at the same time, translators can focus on separate sub-sections and have more manageable chunks to work on.

==== POT test results ====

Inclusion seems to work, but...
* Included sub-pages have the <tt><nowiki><pre></pre></nowiki></tt> tags in them (mainly for aesthetics while editing that sub-page - haven't tried without them and see what they look like)
* Comments (lines starting with <tt>#</tt> risk being converted into numbered-bullets by the wiki. ''This could be a major mangling risk.''
** The <tt><nowiki><pre></pre></nowiki></tt> are very delicate, a missing CR could create quite a bit of mess... so they should be in a line by themselves (is this obvious?)
** If all sections are handled by sub-pages, most of the <tt><nowiki><pre></pre></nowiki></tt> are eliminated, leaving behind a compact set of template inclusions.

Possible extensions could be:
* make a template that includes the original (english) sub-page by default, else the specified translation
** this would allow to have the complete POT file for any language by just creating the central page that invokes the template with all the default (non-translated / original) sub-pages.
* the template should leave behind a link to edit (or create) the sub-page holding the translated version...

==== POT proving grounds ====

But let's first the base idea to see if it works... then we'll see if it's applicable or useful...

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... tests worked pretty good, no need to keep the ''sample text''...
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