Subject: Defining one's own macros in the XML files?
To: None <netbsd-docs@NetBSD.org>
From: Roland Illig <rillig@NetBSD.org>
List: netbsd-docs
Date: 07/31/2006 09:52:53
Hi,

when translating Changes/2006 into German, I noticed that there are some 
texts that are redundantly translated. For example, I'd like to have a macro

<developermail
     from="&a.tron;"
     list="netbsd-announce"
     mailid="2006/04/26/0000"/>

Which would expand to "See also &a.tron;'s mail to the netbsd-announce 
mailing list." Another thing that occurs often is the addition of a new 
developer or two, though I don't know yet if it's worth designing macros 
for it.

Ideally, of course, we had some computer language to describe what 
happended and generate and translate the texts automatically. :)

Roland