change of nick message

[cdn]

this is a little pedantic, but the message

bert changes his/her nickname to fred

could be be changed to say:-

bert changes nickname to fred

or

bert changes nick to fred

Yup i know, details, details

[cdn]

maybe a setting in the param block along the lines of printf et al

sparams['nickChangeMessage'] = string %1 to %2

where %1 is the from nick and %2 is the to nick

Example:

sparams['nickChangeMessage'] = "Nick Change %1 to %2"

Just a thought

[phpfreechat]

This change should be done in the translations files. (i18n directory)
I commited the change in the 1242 revision.

[cdn]

so the text is hard coded in the language directory. Implied by anii8n call

My point is that the message should be flexible and modifiable by an application programmer.

Changing the language scripts is a no no, the message should be parsed before being thrown at any language translation.

Admittedly this causes problems with different language grammars.

deciding where to place a name inside a sentence changes from language to language. However, the use of place holders for names eradicates this difficulty.

[cdn]

on reflection, maybe the language should be translated first and then the place holders are inserted after exit from the translation

[cdn]

maybe a pseudo printf after exit from the language translation ?

[phpfreechat]

Currently phpfreechat is translated in 39 languages. I agree that these translations could be "subjectives" but until today nobody complains about "wrong" translation. I also agree that it would be better if the translation strings could be customized using the $params array.

If you are motivated, please implement this feature, i'm opened to integrate a such patch in the source code.

[cdn]

I note that you use sourceforge, i will pull down the CVS for current development. I play with sourceforge myself.

Not having developer download/upload, if i play can i send you CVS patches ?

Working on linux and cervisia - the windows laptop is just testing and play time <g>

Mind you i run test systems locally on Apache etc. and have one on the ISPs box

[phpfreechat]

We use SVN but it's very similar to CVS. Your patches will be welcome.

[cdn]

Stephane, do me a small favour.

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