Spanish translation, again

Of course Andy.
tweaking-steppers.txt is not orphaned. It is a bad expression. When I say "semi-orphan file" I mean other forgotten details.
For example, in lines 30 and 42 the expression 'ovl max' appears. I can figure a newbie spending a lot of time finding out what 'ovl max' is since nothing appears in the latency window. In addition, the numbers do not match the figure in the latency test chapter.
I refer to these details.

abu wrote: I mean other forgotten details.
For example, in lines 30 and 42 the expression 'ovl max' appears.

You are probably the only person to read through the entirety of the docs in sequence for some years. This puts you in a unique position to spot this sort of thing.
So, I do think that the thing to do is to raise a bunch of issues on the issue tracker, and we can sort them out.

Okay. A short break and a yoga session.

When I go further and further in the translation (the language does not matter) I realize the existing gaps.
One of the main "problems", I think, is that the developers have never been aware of the need for correct translations.

The question is, do you really need translations?
Well. This is a "metaphysical" question.

There is an unquestionable fact: more translations, more users. Operating systems are a clear example. Microsoft (or Linux, or Apple ... etc) would have a lower market share without translations.

I am not saying that LinuxCNC's goal is "market share." I say that many potential users run away (or have been eject) from LinuxCNC because they simply do not understand English. I say this from my own experience.

Internationalization / localization / translation is not a trivial process. There are a lot of people involved: developers, maintainers, translators, and even users. All this needs an exact, coordinated and seamless plan. Right now, that doesn't exist, I think.

I am carefully reading the GNU Translation Project and the gettext documentation. At the moment, any resemblance to the reality of LinuxCNC is pure coincidence.

I am considering proposing a general guide for translations based on the GNU philosophy. Perhaps that text could be part of the Developers Information chapter?. I don't know..

To be continue .......

I did some research for a future project, i recognized some english html 2.8/2.9 docs, section 'Commands and userspace components' are in spanish now.
In 'Realtime components and kernel modules', the links are twice, and some of the info is in spanish also

MaHa wrote: In 'Realtime components and kernel modules', the links are twice, and some of the info is in spanish also

What do you mean by "the links are twice"?

it goes from abs to xor2 and following is in spanish:

at_pid
classicladder
counter
debounce
encoder
encoder_ratio
gantrykins
gentrivkins
gladevcp
hal_bb_gpio
hm2_7i43
hm2_7i90
hm2_eth
hm2_pci
hm2_rpspi
hm2_spi
hostmot2
kins
lcd
lineardeltakins
motion
mux_generic
opto_ac5
pid
pwmgen
rosekins
sampler
setsserial
siggen
sim_encoder
stepgen
threads
watchdog
weighted_sum


And then, the same again from abs to xor2.

randomly checking, in this section was all in english