Re: Suggest Adding the Translation Work for ddd to the GNU Translation Project

[Michael Eager]

On 9/19/24 11:52 PM, Zhang Zhanhaoxiang wrote:
> Hello everyone!
>
> Has anyone considered translating the ddd program into other languages? The 
> Translation Project might be well-suited to take on this task.
>
> I suggest that we prioritize the translation of ddd and at least enable it to 
> have the functionality or permission to be translated through the Translation 
> Project.

While I appreciate the value of internationalization and support for 
people who speak different languages, there are some technical issues 
with this suggestion.  DDD is an old program built using Xt and Motif, 
both essentially obsolete GUI technologies.  Our priority is to replace 
this with more current technology, likely GTK.

You are welcome to download the DDD sources and add support for 
internationalization.  I do not know whether there would be differences 
in implementation of I18N depending on the GUI platform.  We will be 
happy to integrate this into a future DDD release.


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Michael Eager