Difference between revisions of "Module:Template translation"
Module:Template translation (view source)
Revision as of 23:46, 14 February 2014
, 23:46, 14 February 2014supplement for TNTN (to be used to solve self-recursions of TNT, with translatable templates trying to transclude other translatable templates also with TNT)
>Verdy p m (arguments still need to be copied (they are not a proper table)) |
>Verdy p m (supplement for TNTN (to be used to solve self-recursions of TNT, with translatable templates trying to transclude other translatable templates also with TNT)) |
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end | end | ||
--[[If on a translation subpage (like Foobar/de), this function | --[[If on a translation subpage (like Foobar/de), this function returns | ||
a given template in the same language, if the translation is available. | a given template in the same language, if the translation is available. | ||
Otherwise, the template is | Otherwise, the template is returned in its default language, without | ||
modification. | modification. | ||
This is aimed at replacing the current implementation of Template:TNT. | This is aimed at replacing the current implementation of Template:TNTN. | ||
This version does not expand the returned template name: this solves the | |||
problem of self-recursion in TNT when translatable templates need themselves | |||
to transclude other translable templates (such as Tnavbar). | |||
]] | ]] | ||
function this. | function this.getTranslatedTemplate(frame) | ||
local args = frame.args | local args = frame.args | ||
local pagename = args['template'] | local pagename = args['template'] | ||
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end | end | ||
end | end | ||
-- At this point the title should exist | |||
return title.prefixedText, title.id ~= nil | |||
end | |||
--[[If on a translation subpage (like Foobar/de), this function renders | |||
a given template in the same language, if the translation is available. | |||
Otherwise, the template is rendered in its default language, without | |||
modification. | |||
This is aimed at replacing the current implementation of Template:TNT. | |||
-- At this point the title should exist, otherwise render a red link to the missing page (resolved in its assumed namespace) | Note that translatable templates cannot transclude themselves other | ||
translatable templates, as it will recurse on TNT. Use TNTN instead | |||
then | to return only the effective template name to expand externally, with | ||
template parameters also provided externally. | |||
]] | |||
function this.renderTranslatedTemplate(frame) | |||
local title, found = this.getTranslatedTemplate(frame) | |||
-- At this point the title should exist prior to performing the expansion | |||
-- of the template, otherwise render a red link to the missing page | |||
-- (resolved in its assumed namespace). If we don't tet this here, a | |||
-- script error would be thrown. Returning a red link is consistant with | |||
-- MediaWiki behavior when attempting to transclude inexistant templates. | |||
if not found then | |||
return '[[' .. title .. ']]' | |||
end | |||
-- Copy args pseudo-table to a proper table so we can feed it to expandTemplate. | -- Copy args pseudo-table to a proper table so we can feed it to expandTemplate. | ||
-- Then render the pagename. | -- Then render the pagename. | ||
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end | end | ||
end | end | ||
arguments['template'] = title | arguments['template'] = title -- override the existing parameter of the base template name supplied with the full name of the actual template expanded | ||
arguments['namespace'] = nil -- discard the specified namespace override | arguments['namespace'] = nil -- discard the specified namespace override | ||
arguments['uselang'] = args['uselang'] -- argument forwarded into parent frame | arguments['uselang'] = args['uselang'] -- argument forwarded into parent frame | ||
arguments['noshift'] = args['noshift'] -- argument forwarded into parent frame | arguments['noshift'] = args['noshift'] -- argument forwarded into parent frame | ||
return frame:expandTemplate{title = ':' .. title | return frame:expandTemplate{title = ':' .. title, args = arguments} | ||
end | end | ||
return this | return this | ||