[pmwiki-users] Internationalization

[Clytie Siddall]

On 22/06/2005, at 6:41 AM, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:

> On Sun, May 29, 2005 at 08:58:01AM -0400, Ying Zhao wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Can anyone tell me if there is additional configuration involved  
>> in using
>> pm internationalization? So far, I have been told that mbstring  
>> module has
>> to be installed on top of the most default php installation. Is there
>> anything else I need to know?
>
> mbstring is only needed if you're planning to use UTF-8.  Beyond that,
> it's just a matter of creating the create translation (XLPage)
> files.

I would strongly recommend planning to use UTF-8. The principle  
behind internationalization, after all, is providing access for as  
many languages as possible. Not using UTF-8 limits the available  
languages severely.

Just some input from a translator. ;)

from Clytie (vi-VN, Vietnamese free-software translation team / nhóm  
Việt hóa phần mềm tự do)

Clytie Siddall--Renmark, in the Riverland of South Australia

Ở thành phố Renmark, tại miền sông của Nam Úc