[aida] Aida-Localization

[Janko Mivšek]

Michael Rueger wrote:

>>   1. use symbols instead of string for any text, for example:
>>      a addText: #welcome instead of a addText: 'Welcome'
>>   2. store language mappings for each view of each App and not globally
>>      for a whole site
> 
> What I thought about for localization (for UIs) was to use strings, but 
> allow for scoping.
> Just as an idea:
> 
> '#fr.#appContext.the string to translate with %arg1' printf: {123. }
> 
> and then look up the translation by original language (fr) and context 
> (appContext). The extra (optional?) language parameter would allow to 
> have the original strings in languages other then English.
> 
> I generally don't like to have any data in methods, be it images or 
> translation dictionaries. Doubles the needed space and bloats source 
> code repositories.

Michael, can you provide an example how would you do that in Smalltalk 
or Aida case?

Janko

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Janko Mivšek
AIDA/Web
Smalltalk Web Application Server
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