Re: Roadmap for AbiWord 3.0

----- Original Message -----
From: "J.M. Maurer" <uwog@uwog.net>
To: <abiword-dev@abisource.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 4:03 AM
Subject: Roadmap for AbiWord 3.0


>
> Hi All,
>
> After AbiWord 2.8 comes AbiWord 3.0 (let's skip 2.10, people will be
> confused), which means we need to decide what to put in it.
>
> Fridrich already committed some work towards a Windows 64 bit port, so
> that will be in 3.0 to start.
>
> Then we have some stuff lined up in branches that we need to decide upon
> when to merge:
>
> 1. gsoc2009gettext - port abiword to gettext, making plugins localizable
> 2. gsoc2009unicode - make the Win32 port a true unicode application
> 3. gsoc2009tablelayout - improve (table layout) performance, includes
> the new PieceTable.
 

Why use gettext? In my opinion, it is not an elegant system: it stores translations in binary format, which requires special development tools to (de)compile; also it has some ugly hacks like embedding of non-printable characters in keywords to prevent undesired string merging, and run-time interpreting of expression for plural form(s). The current *.string format is good enough: usable and clear.
Received on Tue Nov 17 13:51:12 2009