653119 - GCLI should have l10n functions to help localize both in the browser and in firefox

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(DevTools :: General, defect, P2)

Description

[Joe Walker [:jwalker]]

GCLI and maybe Ace need be l10n-ized. There will be different ways of achieving this in the browser and for the web. Pilot is an obvious way to allow both camps to be happy.

It is expected initially that the API will resemble the Firefox implementation.

Comment 1

[Axel Hecht [:Pike]]

Is there a feature page for this?

Comment 2

[Joe Walker [:jwalker]]

(In reply to comment #1)
> Is there a feature page for this?

Not directly because pilot isn't a feature. It is a part of the graphical command line (https://wiki.mozilla.org/DevTools/Features/GCLI) which extends the web console.

Comment 3

[Joe Walker [:jwalker]]

The difficulty is in the breadth of the API, we only want to solve the problems we actually have not all possible l10n problems.

We are sure to need:

    var stringToDisplay = getLocalizedString('someKey');

We will also need some form of string interpolation:

    interpolate('the {sub} sat on the {obj}', { sub:'cat', obj:'mat' });

And *maybe* some pluralization:

    getLocalizedPluralizedString('someKey', 42);

I'm not expecting to need number / date / currency formatting, or weight / measure / timezone conversion.

I'm expecting that text direction and collation order are solved elsewhere.

Comment 5

[Joe Walker [:jwalker]]

The code for this bug is being checked in as part of bug 656666 and bug 656668. Discussion of this l10n effort should be directed to bug 656666.