From af5b9b90c4f3d694ac0d8394eeee4fa45f23f843 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: intrigeri Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:16:56 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] contrib/po: misc answers and questions Step by step... :) Signed-off-by: intrigeri --- doc/plugins/contrib/po.mdwn | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/plugins/contrib/po.mdwn b/doc/plugins/contrib/po.mdwn index f2d46c391..7eff8fa1c 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/contrib/po.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/contrib/po.mdwn @@ -248,6 +248,18 @@ finish it at some point in the first quarter of 2009. --[[intrigeri]] >> >>> My wording was unclear, I meant exposing. --[[Joey]] >>> +>>>> I guess I still don't know Perl's `our` enough to understand clearly. +>>>> No matter whether these variables are declared with `my` or `our`, +>>>> any plugin can `use IkiWiki::Render` and then access +>>>> `$IkiWiki::backlinks`, as already does e.g. the pagestat plugin. +>>>> So I guess your problem is not with letting plugins use these +>>>> variables, but with them being visible for every piece of +>>>> (possibly external) code called from `Render.pm`. Am I right? +>>>> If I understand clearly, using a brace block to lexically enclose +>>>> these two `our` declarations, alongside with the `calculate_backlinks` +>>>> and `backlinks` subs definitions, would be a proper solution, wouldn't +>>>> it? --[[intrigeri]] +>>>> > * What is this `IkiWiki::nicepagetitle` and why are you > injecting it into that namespace when only your module uses it? > Actually, I can't even find a caller of it in your module. @@ -258,7 +270,16 @@ finish it at some point in the first quarter of 2009. --[[intrigeri]] >> >>> It would probably be good if I could merge this branch without >>> having to worry about also immediatly merging that one. --[[Joey]] ->> +>>> +>>>> I removed all dependencies on my `meta` branch from the `po` one. +>>>> This implied removing the `po_translation_status_in_links` and +>>>> `po_strictly_refresh_backlinks` features, and every link text is now +>>>> displayed in the master language. I believe the removed features really +>>>> enhance user experience of a translatable wiki, that's why I was +>>>> initially supposing the `meta` branch would be merged first. +>>>> IMHO, we'll need to come back to this quite soon after `po` is merged. +>>>> --[[intrigeri]] +>>> > * I'm very fearful of the `add_depends` in `postscan`. > Does this make every page depend on every page that links > to it? Won't this absurdly bloat the dependency pagespecs @@ -277,6 +298,9 @@ finish it at some point in the first quarter of 2009. --[[intrigeri]] >> help having a nice and consistent translated wiki, but as it can >> also involve problems, I just turned it into an option. >> +>>> This has been completely removed for now due to the removal of +>>> the dependency on my `meta` branch. --[[intrigeri]] +>> > * The po4a Suggests should be versioned to the first version > that can be used safely, and that version documented in > `plugins/po.mdwn`. -- 2.26.2