[OpenLayers-Dev] Additional Lang Files

[Jachym Cepicky]

Hi,

IMHO ISO 639 (3 letter format) should be used [1] and all other
formats (2 letters, 'locale' format) should only point to it.

Jachym

[1] http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/ISO-639-2_utf-8.txt

2009/1/30 Chris Claydon <chris.claydon at autodesk.com>:
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I work on the MapGuide Open Source project, which makes use of OpenLayers
> via the Fusion open source viewer. We'd like to add support for Spanish,
> Hungarian, and possibly Japanese localized strings to OpenLayers, and we
> have a couple of questions…
>
>
>
> The format of the various JavaScript files in the Lang folder is not 100%
> consistent. For example:
>
>
>
> 1)      The cs-CZ.js file uses OpenLayers.Lang["cs-CZ"] to declare the array
> of strings whereas fr.js uses OpenLayers.Lang.fr
>
> 2)      Some languages use a two character locale designation (fr, de etc.)
> and some use four characters (cs-CZ, sv-SE etc.)
>
> 3)      Some files seem to base the settings on the 'en' version of the
> strings. Eg. de.js (uses OpenLayers.Util.applyDefaults) Others just declare
> the array independently. Eg. fr.js
>
>
>
> So, when creating new language resources, which is the best model to follow?
> Is there any documentation on this, or any general guidelines?
>
>
>
> Any information would be much appreciated! We will happily contribute these
> files to the OpenLayers project when they are completed.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Chris C.
>
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