Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/developers-guide/i18n.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/developers-guide/i18n.xml,v diff -u -r1.20 -r1.21 --- openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/developers-guide/i18n.xml 23 Apr 2004 13:28:26 -0000 1.20 +++ openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/developers-guide/i18n.xml 26 May 2004 07:56:57 -0000 1.21 @@ -868,6 +868,12 @@ + + + Avoid plurals + Different languages create plurals differently. Try to avoid keys which will change based on the value of a number. OpenACS does not currently support internationalization of plurals. If you use two different keys, a plural and a singular form, your application will not localize properly for locales which use different rules or have more than two forms of plurals. + + @@ -953,5 +959,6 @@ + When creating a new locale based on an existing one, such as creating the Guatamalan version of Spanish, you can copy the existing locale's catalog files using the script /packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/create-new-catalog.sh.