[wp-hackers] themes internationalization

[Ryan Boren]

On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 16:24 +0200, Nikolay Bachiyski wrote:
>Ryan Boren wrote:
>> An i18n mailing list and subversion repository are in the works.  Once
>> we have the list we can discuss the i18n infrastructure for 1.5 in
>> detail.
>> 
>> For now, the thinking is indeed to avoid using gettext in the default
>> theme.  This shifts some of the burden from end users to translators.
>Does gettext in the default theme in any means burden the end users? As we already agreed - it is
>tougher for the theme developers only.

Users often change templates and inevitably ask, "What is __(), what is
%1$s?"  gettext in the templates generates many support questions.


> But why should a different pre-localized version of Wordpress be
prepared if 90% of the
> strings (or even more) are already internationalized. Why should the
theme differ from the
> administration, for example?

User's don't change admin templates. At least, typical users don't.