Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/create-new-catalog.sh
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/create-new-catalog.sh,v
diff -u
--- /dev/null	1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000
+++ openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/create-new-catalog.sh	26 May 2004 07:56:57 -0000	1.1
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# create-new-catalog.sh
+# @author:  Hector Amado   hr_amado@galileo.edu
+#
+
+# From each catalog.xml in all packages,
+# e.g. acs-subsite.es_ES.ISO-8859-1 --> acs-subsite.es_GT.ISO-8859-1  
+#
+# USAGE:
+#     Inside packages directory run ../bin/create-new-catalog.sh from new 
+#                                   or
+#                                   sh ../bin/create-new-catalog.sh from new
+#     where from, new is the language id you copy and create
+#
+#     eg.   ../bin/create-new-catalog.sh es_ES es_GT
+
+
+if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
+   echo ""
+   echo " USAGE:   sh ../bin/create-new-catalog.sh from new "
+   echo "      eg. sh ../bin/create-new-catalog.sh es_ES es_GT"
+   echo ""
+   exit 1
+
+fi 
+
+from=$1
+new=$2
+
+echo "Generating .$new. catalog files . . . "
+
+for i in $( ls -1 );
+do
+    ls -1R $i | grep .$from. > /dev/null
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+       cd $i/catalog
+       for j in $(ls -1 );
+       do
+         t=${j/$from/$new}
+         if [ x$t != x$j ]; then
+            cp $j $t
+            sed "s/$from/$new/" $t > temp.xml
+            mv temp.xml $t
+            echo $t
+         fi
+       done 
+       cd ../../
+    fi
+done
+
+exit 0
Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/developers-guide/i18n.xml
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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 @@
           </formalpara>
         </listitem>
 
+        <listitem>
+          <formalpara>
+            <title>Avoid plurals</title>
+            <para>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.</para>
+          </formalpara>
+        </listitem>
 
         <listitem>
           <formalpara>
@@ -953,5 +959,6 @@
 
       </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
+    <para>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 <computeroutput>/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/create-new-catalog.sh</computeroutput>.</para>
   </sect1>
 </chapter>