## Please edit system and help pages ONLY in the master wiki! ## For more information, please see MoinMoin:MoinDev/Translation. ##master-page:Unknown-Page ##master-date:Unknown-Date #acl -All:write Default #format wiki #language en ## DO NOT TRANSLATE, UNFINISHED. = Dictionaries = <> A dictionary is a simple data structure that maps a dictionary name to a set of key/value pairs. It can be used e.g. to provide additional translations. The dictionary name usually is something like `GermanDict` (some word ending with `Dict`). This default pattern can be changed (e.g. for non-english languages etc.), see page_dict_regex on HelpOnConfiguration. The dict members are key/value pairs (both unicode strings). == Wiki Dicts == === Defining them === You can create a dict definition for a dict named `GermanDict` by creating a page called `GermanDict` with this content: {{{ #format wiki This translates some words from English to German: dog:: Hund cat:: Katze mouse: Maus }}} Important: * Dict members have to be on a first-level definition list (see HelpOnLists). * /!\ The leading space and the space after '::' are important. * Everything else (other text, second-level items, etc.) is ignored. === Using them === ==== Translation ==== MoinMoin uses `Dict` additionally to the builtin gettext based translations. E.g. if it wants to translate `cat` to German and doesn't find it in the .po file, it will try to look it up on `GermanDict` (and find `Katze` there, see the example above). For the dictionary to work, the language name in `Dict` must match the value of the `x-language-in-english` header field, without spaces, which is found in the translation catalog for each language in `MoinMoin/i18n/` directory. For example, in `MoinMoin/i18n/pt-br.MoinMoin.po` you will find `"X-Language-in-English: Brazilian Portuguese\n"`. If you want to provide additional translations for that language, you create a page called `BrazilianPortugueseDict`. ==== Variables ==== See also HelpOnVariables. === Protecting them === You can use ACLs as usual to protect your dict pages. == Other ways to define dicts / access dict definitions == !MoinMoin can also use dict definitions from other sources, but this needs to be configured in your wiki config. See `dicts` on HelpOnConfiguration.