[mapserver-users] Translate MapServer Doc into french

[Alan Boudreault]

I've created a page int the wiki about the doc translation process. Feel free 
to update it if something is missing or incomplete.

http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/wiki/DocumentationTranslation

Alan

On February 25, 2010 09:52:16 am Daniel Morissette wrote:
> Alan Boudreault wrote:
> > About the process described by Jeff..
> >
> > The following step:
> >
> > - copy the /en folder and rename to your language
> >
> > could be reconsidered. Since there is a mechanism on the server that
> > redirect automatically to the english version is the file of the current
> > translated doc, you can simply add the "images", "include" directories
> > plus the translated documents in your "fr" directory.
> >
> > It would be useful to have this process in the wiki.
> 
> I agree that since we have this fallback mechanism on the server we
> should avoid committing batch copies of the English docs in the SVN
> directory and instead the translators should copy the docs one by one to
> their directory as they translate them.
> 
> Note to translators: the automated fallback to the English version of
> missing documents in the translated directories works only on the
> server, so don't be surprised if that doesn't work on your local machine
> while you test your translations.
> 
> Alan: I'd say go ahead and update the wiki with that info... it's a
> wiki, so everyone is free to improve it.
> 
> Daniel
> 

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Alan Boudreault
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