Backend configuration support

[Christian Stimming]

Derek Atkins schrieb:
> I'm trying to wrap my head around where these translations live...

Actually I wanted to point out this very same issue: Translations 
currently do *only* exist in the po/LANG.po files, *nowhere* else. I 
would strongly suggest to keep it this way. It shouldn't be too 
difficult to have some code internally that will pass the option 
description through gettext once. But you shouldn't start any 
additionaly place where translations should go.

By the way this structure directly invites option inconsistencies across 
languages... and also you should probably have at least two different 
descriptions for one option: One "normal description" which will be 
displayed as label, and another description that can be displayed as 
tooltip. I would therefore rather suggest this schema (sorry, I'm not 
too familiar with xsd right now):

<xsd:complexType name="qofprovider">
   <xsd:sequence>
     <xsd:element name="option" type="qofconfig:qofoption" minOccurs="0" 
maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
   </xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
<xsd:complexType name="qofoption">
   <xsd:sequence>
     <xsd:element name="description" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="1" 
maxOccurs="1"/>
     <xsd:element name="tooltip" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" 
maxOccurs="1"/>
   </xsd:sequence>
   <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string" use="required"/>
   <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" use="required"/>
   </xsd:extension>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:schema>

Also, you might consider changing the attribute name "name" into 
something more precise, maybe "key" or similar.

But I really strongly suggest *not* to have any translations anywhere 
outside the po/LANG.po files.

Christian


>><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
>><qofconfig xmlns="http://qof.sourceforge.net/" >
>>  <backend name="GnuCash Backend Version 2">
>>    <provider xml:lang="en-gb">
>>        <option type="gint64" name="file_retention_days">
>>            Number of days to retain old copies of the file.
>>        </option>
>>        <option type="boolean" name="file_compression">
>>            Use compressed files or not?
>>        </option>
>>    </provider>
>>  </backend>
>></qofconfig>
>>
>>If multiple translations are included in one file, the provider tag repeats 
>>with the language label. Note that the language specified is the XML version, 
>>not the expected en_GB but using a hyphen AND case insensitive.
>>
>>(Don't you love standards!)
>>
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>>
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