Could it be useful for the gimp manual too?

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From: Nicolas Pettiaux To: maxima@math.utexas.edu, maxima_fr@math.utexas.edu Subject: [Maxima] translation of doc and manuals with po4a

Dear,

Some time agao, I proposed to coordinate the translation of the documentation of Maxima that is written as texinfo files that are parsed to create the online info, the html info, the manuals ...

In order to store all versions in _one_ file in order to keep the translated documentation synchronized with the original English one, itself kept synchronized with the code, I consider that the usage of the gettext suite is a plus, and therefore I have waited for the proper tools to come up.

I knew that one was in developpement. It is called "PO4A" (see http://po4a.alioth.debian.org/). The support for the texinfo format has recently been added and the developper let me know, as I had asked him. This tools suite allows to parse the original texinfo formatted documents and thereafter use the po tools suite (gtranslate, kbabel or rosetta on launchpad.net or a combinaison of the 3)

I am therefore resuming the translation of Maxima help with the help of the people who will join the effort.

I also propose to use as much material as possible for the functions that have not changed from already translated older version of maxima, from http://michel.gosse.free.fr/documentation/index.html, a work of Michel Gosse.

As soon as possible, I'll proceed with these tools and distribute the tasks for the people who would like to help.

I also propose to coordinate the translation on the wiki of the TRADUC association
on http://wiki.traduc.org/Maxima

I hoep with this that Maxima will have another language, French, available usable from within (through its help function) but also some printable documentation.

Thanks,

Nicolas

PS special thanks to Arnaud who pushed me recently to move on and proposed his help.