[sword-devel] Rendering added words for languages that don't use italics?

[DM Smith]

On 04/19/2011 04:24 AM, Peter von Kaehne wrote:
> On 19/04/11 09:02, David Haslam wrote:
>> So what should front-end applications use for presentational rendering in
>> such modules when the Bible translation features added words?
>> i.e. In USFM as marked using \add_...\add*
> And in OSIS the markup is in a similar way semantic, not presentational.
>
> It only becomes presentational in our output filters where it is
> replaced in the osis2htmlhref filter to a<i>  for italics IIRC. Not all
> frontends of course use the engine supplied filters.
I'm wondering whether it'd be possible to add language filters.

Basic idea:
If the front-end requests an OSIS2XXX render and there is a 
corresponding OSIS2XXX-lang renderer based on the modules language, it 
will be automatically added in front of OSIS2XXX.

It would grab the elements that produced italics in the OSIS2XXX 
renderer and transform them appropriately (e.g. <hi>, <transChange>). It 
could deal with other elements as well.

 From what I remember of the osis2xxx renderers they pass what they 
don't expect.

Alternatively to pre-processing, the language filter could be a 
post-process, merely changing <i>...</i> to something else. Granted, the 
semantic content of what produced the <i> isn't present, but it's not 
present for the reader in any other language either.

> I am wondering what more modern rendering engines do with this markup
> with appropriate fonts in scripts like Arabic, Hindic or Chinese. Maybe
> this is something already taken care of there?
>
> Alternatively, the more semantic HTML markup of<em>  might be useful?
>
> However I turn it though I do think this is/should/could be a rendering
> issue at the very last moment - i.e. at screen output time, probably
> steered by module or locale supplied CSS sheets. The alternative, if
> there is a serious issue - and I would only see this if the translators
> complain - then it might be something addressed by an additional output
> filter, but this would be hard work as it would require some work in the
> engine and potentially some more in the frontends.
>
>> Has there been any previous discussion on this topic?
> I do not think so.
>
> Peter
>
>> David
>>
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