Changes between Initial Version and Version 3 of Ticket #17341


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2020-02-22T15:03:57+01:00 (5 years ago)
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The request #18691 wishes a "link to English version in the internal help browser".

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  • Ticket #17341 – Description

    initial v3  
    11With #15994 a translating interlink system was introduced. Since then wiki authors don't have to worry about outdated links.
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    3 But neither Trac nor the `wikitr:` macro know the preferred language of the reader.  Currently readers get English pages delivered even when translated versions are available.  For example:
     3But neither Trac nor the `wikitr:` macro know the preferred language of the reader.  So readers might get English pages even when translated versions are available.  For example:
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    551. Pressing F1 in a JOSM installation preferring German brings [wiki:/De:Help /De:Help].
    … …  
    1111To provide better translated content some options are possible:
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    13 a) Hope that in future some Java version will bring a better HTML viewer and don't filter the language panel out in JOSM any more.
     13~~a) Hope that in future some Java version will bring a better HTML viewer and don't filter the language panel out in JOSM any more.
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    1515b) Replace Oracles HTML viewer by better internal browser now. But a GPL licensed one is needed or some [https://www.teamdev.com/jxbrowser#licensing-pricing dollars].
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    17 c) Abandon the HTML viewer and use the default browser. This is already done when handling bug reports.
     17c) Abandon the HTML viewer and use the default browser. This is already done when handling bug reports.~~ (The options a) to c) to not apply because JOSM filters the language list, not java)
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    1919d) A modified output format of the `[[TranslatedPages]]` macro could be shown by the current HTML viewer. The format needs to be a horizontal line of language names on the top of each help content page. The OSM wiki offers such a solution. This would allow help readers to choose the language on each page.