[Texmacs-dev] 'translate' primitive

[david]

On Sat, Apr 19, 2003 at 06:28:36PM +0200, Joris van der Hoeven wrote:
> 
> Thanks to Offray et al., most of the TeXmacs manual
> has been translated into Spanish; you may browse it using
> Help -> Online help -> Browse web or update your
> documentation using Help -> Online help -> Update from web
> (the localize primitive has been edit for TeXamdcs-1.0.1.11).

Nice too read that work on the documentation is going on.

BTW I am still waiting for an answer from address@hidden
about notifications from doc-cvs.

> >>From version 1.0.1.11 on, the "localize" primitive
> should be used to translate words into the current language.
> This is useful for concepts such as the "return" key.

Was it really necessary to create a new primitive for this? A mere
stylesheet function would have done the job.

Or is the primitive-related cruftiness deemed less important than
transition problems caused by functions (explicit 'apply' nodes in
external document format) because most primitives on the verge of
being "reorganized" out of the core?

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                                                            -- DDAA