WayfireWM / WayfireWM/wf-shell

Localisation

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enhancement
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Description

There are only a few strings in wf-shell, but they should be translated.

The currently designated left and right boxes for the panel should be swapped to start and end as to properly reflect the user's language, as mentionned in #306.

Additionally, with glyphs carrying different meanings for certain cultures, icons should be accounted for.

With WCM recently getting localisation with gettext, now’s probably the time :)

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Research direction

Start by locating wf-shell's user-facing strings and the panel code that currently uses the left and right boxes. Read how WCM recently added gettext localization, then determine the scope for translating these strings, renaming the directions to start and end, and accounting for culturally different glyph meanings. Done means the relevant strings and icons support localization consistently.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
localization
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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