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From: foser <foser@g.o>
To: gentoo-portage-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] portage-ng i18n?
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 00:00:34
Message-Id: 1073520012.26061.13.camel@rivendell
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] portage-ng i18n? by Jason Stubbs
1 On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 17:01, Jason Stubbs wrote:
2 > Regardless of i18n, isn't it good design to have all user interaction done in
3 > one place? Specifically, shouldn't any messages/errors/etc be passed back to
4 > the user interface using exception-like mechanisms? Not only would it make
5 > i18n a lot easier, it doesn't inhibit possible uis.
6
7 You want modules to pass their own messages back and forth, yes you can
8 probably use generic callbacks and fallback messages. But having all
9 messages (or interaction) in one place with a full plug-in system isn't
10 gonna work i think. Module writers probably do want to use their own
11 strings for specific messages.
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13 - foser
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