note 62586 added to function.gettext

If like me, you are stuck with making a lot of code localizable, you have to go through all your php files and wrap all srings in _("string"). Here's an elisp function which can help you out. This function enables you to highlight some text in an emacs buffer and make it a localizable string using the keyboard shortcut C-l (Ctrl and l). If the first character highlighted is " or ', then it assumes the text is in php-context and changes it to: _(HIGHLIGHTED_TEXT). Otherwise it assumes the text is in html-context and changes it to <?=_('HIGHLIGHTED_TEXT')?> The shortcut C-k can be used for translating parts of php strings which contain html tabs. We dont want to translate the entire string including the tabs, so we highlight just the substring that needs to be translated and use C-k. To use it, do either of: Copy and paste the following code into your .emacs file. This would permanently associate the keyboard shortcut C-l with this function. Save the code in a new file ending with the .el extension. Evaluate it using M-x eval-buffer. This makes the C-l keyboard shortcut only last for the current Emacs session. Code ;author: Vinay Kuruvila March 01 2006 ;updated to handle php strings containing html tabs ;makes the text starting at left and ending at right in the ;current buffer a localizable string, assuming that the ;string is within php context (defun make-localizable-string-in-php-context(left right) (goto-char left) (insert "_(") (goto-char (+ right 2)) (insert ")") ) ;makes the text starting at left and ending at right in the ;current buffer a localizable string, assuming that the ;string is within html context (defun make-localizable-string-in-html-context(left right) (goto-char left) (insert "<?= _('") (goto-char (+ right 7)) (insert "')?>") ) ;makes the highlighted text a localizable string ;uses php-context localization if the first char highlighted ;is " or ' ;otherwise uses html-context localization (defun make-localizable-string() (interactive) ;find the positions of the left and right ends of ;the highlighted text (if (> (point) (mark)) (progn (setq right (point)) (setq left (mark)) ) (progn (setq right (mark)) (setq left (point)) ) ) ;determine php-context or html-context and dispatch (if (or (char-equal (char-after left) ?\") (char-equal (char-after left) ?')) (make-localizable-string-in-php-context left right) (make-localizable-string-in-html-context left right) ) (deactivate-mark) ) ;to handle php strings which contain html tabs ;we dont want to translate the html tabs (defun make-localizable-string-within-php-string () (interactive) ;find the positions of the left and right ends of ;the highlighted text (if (> (point) (mark)) (progn (setq right (point)) (setq left (mark)) ) (progn (setq right (mark)) (setq left (point)) ) ) (goto-char left) (insert "\". _(\"") (goto-char (+ right 6)) (insert "\").\"") (deactivate-mark) ) ;assigns a keyboard shortcut (global-set-key "\C-l" 'make-localizable-string) (global-set-key "\C-k" 'make-localizable-string-within-php-string) ---- Server IP: 216.194.113.175 Probable Submitter: 128.32.157.241 ---- X-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.1 required=5.0 tests=DATE_MISSING,FROM_NO_LOWER autolearn=no version=2.64 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.gettext.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/note/edit/62586 Del: integrated -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/62586/integrated Del: useless -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/62586/useless Del: bad code -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/62586/bad+code Del: spam -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/62586/spam Del: non-english -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/62586/non-english Del: in docs -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/62586/in+docs Del: other reasons-- http://master.php.net/note/delete/62586 Reject -- http://master.php.net/note/reject/62586 Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php