hackblog@wonderwinds

http://wonderwinds.com/translator/index.php is a 242 installation that exists to support my shiny new translator plugin. Translator doesn't translate, but it helps plugin authors by making a messages.pot file for you, and it helps translators by taking your messages.po file and giving you a _global.php file in return.

If you write or translate plugins go there and register. The "makes messages.pot files" part already works. The "makes _global.php files" part is pretty damned close to working. Being tidy is not happening yet, but hey function over form yah?

Long view: pre-translating files based on finding phrases in your new plugin that have already been translated. Cool eh? So like if your plugin needs "my dog has fleas" and someone else has already translated that string for another plugin then you automagically get that part translated to at least one language. That is way off in the future, but certainly not impossible given the way I've built the initial bits because everything is going into a database table.

Other stuff is in the works as well, but it doesn't work without a community of users sticking their plugins and translations in it. So if you write or translate plugins go there and sign up, and be patient with me about turning on your permissions. I got this stupid piece of shit job I go to is the thing. It pays so good it's almost worth the time it takes away from sittin' here playing with code