Re: [Evolution-hackers] templates i18n question

[JP Rosevear <jpr novell com>]

On Thu, 2005-04-14 at 17:09 -0400, Lee Revell wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-04-14 at 16:57 -0400, JP Rosevear wrote:
> > On Thu, 2005-04-14 at 11:48 -0400, Lee Revell wrote:
> > > Sorry if this is a newbie question...
> > > 
> > > I'm working on the Templates support.  In order to learn the code, and
> > > as a first try at an implementation, I'm starting by making a copy of
> > > the Drafts folder called (obviously) Templates.  Then I'll change the
> > > behavior as specified.
> > > 
> > > One step that's clearly required is translating "Templates" into all the
> > > supported languages.  Any pointers for where to start?
> > 
> > We've put the default inbox for translation in evolution/mail/default,
> > however I know the translation teams aren't particularly fond of this so
> > any solution you come up with should probably handle this case as well.
> 
> Thanks for the info.
> 
> > Another thought is if the default templates are really needed at all,
> > what ones are you making?
> 
> I am not there yet, but I would be glad to hear suggestions.
> 
> The template I was going to use for testing is for submitting kernel
> patches (which require a brief patch description, Signed-Off-By line,
> and a patch).  Of course this is useful to about 0.0001% of the user
> base.  A more generally useful one would be for sending out my resume,
> with some cover-letter-ish text.

If you are doing this, you might want to hack evo to allow a default to
"Preformat" as a text format in the composer.

-JP
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JP Rosevear <jpr novell com>
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