Re: Translating the Emacs website

[Jean-Christophe Helary]

> On Mar 4, 2024, at 12:45, Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> wrote:
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>> The tool that’s used to convert the files to PO is called GNUN
>> (GNUnited Nations):
>> https://www.gnu.org/software/trans-coord/manual/gnun/gnun.html
> 
>> GNUN only works with HTML.
> 
> Making a modified version of GNUN which operates on Texinfo format
> might be feasible.  I suggest looking at that possibility
> rather than assuming it is not an option.

I am not assuming that it is not an option. I am only mentioning the 
fact that GNU pages are translated by using the PO format, which was an 
issue discussed earlier in the manuals translation discussions.

I am not trying to push PO conversion as a default process to translate 
the manuals, though. It’s just a data point.

As far as Texinfo is concerned, the po4a utility already supports 
Texinfo, even if the process is still in “beta” version.

https://po4a.org/man/man3/Locale::Po4a::Texinfo.3pm.php