I would like to create new namespaces (and directories) for Perl documentation
in french. The translations are already available at :
http://www.enstimac.fr/Perl/DocFr/
Several propositions :
podfr
podfr/Win32.pod
podfr/perl.pod
podfr/perlhist.pod
...
podfr/perlxstut.pod
or
pod/fr
pod/fr/Win32.pod
pod/fr/perl.pod
pod/fr/perlhist.pod
...
pod/fr/perlxstut.pod
I have also some modules and script to convert from (french) POD to xxx.
modules:
PodFr::Latex
PodFr::Html
PodFr::Man
...
or
Pod::Fr::Latex
Pod::Fr::Html
Pod::Fr::Man
...
and scripts:
perldocfr
pod2latexfr
pod2manfr
...
There are derived from there 'english' equivalent tools (pod2html, pod2latex,
perldoc, etc.) and modules.
Maybe internationalization (i18n) of these modules and tools are already in
progress but I don't hear of that...
Why i18n ? Some reasons :
- 'NAME' is fixed for first =head1, (in french 'NOM')
- perldoc searches only in 'pod' directory, not in 'podfr' or 'pod/fr' or
'pod/de', etc.
- some hardcoded english expressions like 'entry in the xxx manpage'
- etc.
Thank you for your comments.
PS: excuse me for my poor english... I'm french ;-)
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Paul GABORIT (Pause USER ID: POLGAB)