[TYPO3-dev] [Typo3-Dev] indiscriminate of i18n and languages in typo3.

[Dmitry Dulepov]

Hi!

Do you volonteer to do all this job? Also count upgrades and
compatibility with thousands of existing installations, etc. Do you
still want to do it?

Dmitry.

Dennis Cheung wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am working of some language works of typo3.
> But I found it is very confused.
> 
> Let me describe how it works, correct me if I wrong.
> 
> Frontend
> 1. RealUrl read 'preVars' from readable name(e.g. en, dk,) into $_GET['L']
> 2. tx_realurl_advanced takes 'languageGetVar' ('L'  usually) from
> $TSFE->typolink() for encode the path
> 3. you have to defined typoscript [globalVar:GP:L=1] to config.sys_language_id
> 4. (How it use config.sys_language_id )
> 5. TS function 'select' will use "languageField" with "config.sys_language_id"
> 6. TSFE use "config.language" for function (e.g. getLL)
> 7. FE uses $TSFE for locallang
> 8. TS stdWrap.lang was used to override language
> 
> Backend
> 1. BE_USER->lang is just a default value to BE_USER->uc['lang']
> 2. Number of languages limited by an constant 'TYPO3_languages'
> 3. FE uses $LANG for locallang
> 
> Common
>  When reading XML
>     It unicode from xml
>     encode into native charset
>     cache native charset
>     encode native charset into render charset
> 
> The problems:
>  'L' is not a constant, it may changes. (In fact, you won't)
>   'L'  to 'config.language' mapping is not singleton.
>  'L'  to 'sys_language_id' mapping is not singleton.
>   Charset of BE are hardcoded.
>   Waste resource to decode/encode even it is using UTF-8.
>   UTF-8->native->UTF-8 may cause text broken in some case(e.g. BIG5 is
> never a standard, there are different versions and subset)
>   stdWrap.lang should be EOL, replaced my getData LLL
>   be behaviour $TSFE and $LANG with same function name may different.
>   Not maintainable if you have many language.
> 
> I did read any news of typo3 4.0 about the language. Please update me
> if any changes.
> 
> Is there any plan to reorder that system?
> 
> e.g. my idea
> 
> 1. drop define(TYPO3_languages), 'sys_language' table, config.lanauge
>     replaced by setting in chc_xx/ext_locallang.php
>     change 'L' into a SYS_CONF constant
> -
> people won't change number of languages frequency.
> It should fit everyone wanted.
> 
> 
> 
> 2. make FE and BE both using $LANG
> -
> I am not sure the behaviour of $LANG and $TSFE has any difference.
> Some of the function look like equals.
> 
> 
> 3. change xml cached charset into UTF8
> (won't encode reading xml style locallang.xml in unicode)
> (encode to utf8 when reading old style locallang.php)
> -
> I have did it already, but may have bug on backward compatible.
> But it works with locallang.xml and locallang.php style langauge pack.
> 
> 
> 
> Dennis