From 36c24f4f4b7ac6a62cc56c0450b6142151a70767 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lbergman
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 20:42:57 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Basic description I think needs to be done for a translation,
Gustav?
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+Translating the help files.
+
+I have tried to write the help files in plain english with good grammer.
+Since English is not my strong point you probably can't tell, but I hope it helps.
+
+The help files, at this point, are devided into functional areas.
+Each .hlp file represents a different functional block of how the program looks to the user.
+
+I put each sentance on a line of its own because I thought it might make
+it easier to translate. Hopefully as SquirrelMail is more widely used,
+non-english translations will be used to make other non-english translations.
+You might want to keep this in mind when writing yours. Remember that these wil be used
+All over the world and in many different environments so local language dialects might
+confuse someone else.
+
+File Structure.
+
+All translated files should be placed under the hlp directory.
+Under the hlp directory create another directory. This directory MUST be named
+to the two letter standard abbreviation for the language. English is "en" and
+Spanish would be "sp" for example.
+
+The help files are written in the following format:
+
+
+
Some Head
+Some text on some subject.
+
+
+
+
+
Some Head
+Some text on some subject.
+
+
+This is important because the left menu is dynamically built from what is inside the .hlp files.
+All , , and tags MUST be on a line by themselves.
+No modifiers may be used for the anchor tags. Modifiers other than the NAME modifier
+Will result in the additional modifier's inclusion in the left menu.
+Any other tags used such as will be ignored. I am currently working on making all the
+headers which are already listed in the po file translate automatically. We'll see how this goes.
+This will not work for files like FAQ.hlp and Basic.hlp which are not in the main program.
+
+At the current time no logic is in place to check if help is written on a certain subject.
+
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