Re: Kernel-Messages translation

Pekka Pietik{inen (pp@netppl.fi)
Thu, 19 Jun 1997 16:46:27 +0300


> 1) Do the translation work, in whole or in part.
> 2) Build a hash table, or just use gperf, to go from English strings to the new
> ones.
> 3) Assemble a "kernel translation kit" which includes this hash and a program
> that will hunt down the relevant English printk()'s and translate them.
>
> This would make a nice-size downloadable add-on, far superior to a huge diff.
Or just spend the time this would take on documenting what all those kernel
messages really mean (in the beginning english, after that's done you
can just translate that file). I think this would be _MUCH_ more
useful.

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Pekka Pietikäinen, Net People Ltd., Oulu, Finland