Bug 123503 - edit msgstr in external editor
Summary: edit msgstr in external editor
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: lokalize
Classification: Applications
Component: editor (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 0.3
Platform: Compiled Sources Linux
: VLO wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Stanislav Visnovsky
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Reported: 2006-03-12 16:25 UTC by Mikolaj Machowski
Modified: 2025-12-10 02:06 UTC (History)
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Description Mikolaj Machowski 2006-03-12 16:25:15 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE Devel)
Installed from:    Compiled sources
OS:                Linux

Editing of longer texts (eg. docs) in KBabel editor can be painful. Would it be possible to edit msgstr in external editor (like in KMail)?
Comment 1 Nicolas Goutte 2006-03-13 15:53:36 UTC 
That is going to be difficult, as a msgtr is not an external file (unlike a message).

However I had toyed with the idea of being able to use an extra editing window (as a msgstr can be larger than the available size of the window in KBabel).

What I do not know if this extra window should be with the internal editing mechanism or with the KDE editor component. Uing the KDE editor component would somehow follow your idea but then KBabel could not offer any translation support (which is a drawback).

Have a nice day!
Comment 2 Mikolaj Machowski 2006-03-13 23:48:47 UTC 
> That is going to be difficult, as a msgtr is not an external
> file (unlike a message).

Write to temporary file and later retrieve it?
> What I do not know if this extra window should be with the internal
> editing mechanism or with the KDE editor component. Uing the KDE editor
> component would somehow follow your idea but then KBabel could not offer
> any translation support (which is a drawback).

KDE editor component limits choice of editors, isn't it? You could
consider additional window as a bonus: leave original KBabel window as
help tool and editor just with text. Update field as file is written.
Comment 3 Nicolas Goutte 2006-03-15 19:48:45 UTC 
(...)
> > What I do not know if this extra window should be with the internal
> > editing mechanism or with the KDE editor component. Uing the KDE editor
> > component would somehow follow your idea but then KBabel could not offer
> > any translation support (which is a drawback).
>
> KDE editor component limits choice of editors, isn't it? 


Yes.

> You could
> consider additional window as a bonus: leave original KBabel window as
> help tool and editor just with text. 


> Update field as file is written.


We have currently problems enough in the catalog manager to track updated 
files, so it is reallysomething I would like to avoid for now.

Have a nice day!
Comment 4 Mikolaj Machowski 2009-02-15 14:03:02 UTC 
Since KBabel is no longer under active development, moving wish to lokalize.