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'''Default script template''' | '''Default script template''' | ||
This is used when a script template is not provided to templates such as {{temp|term}} and {{temp|t}}. It will generate correct attributes and html/xml language tags. If the language is in a set of known languages for which scripts can reasonably be assumed (e.g. "he" language to "Hebr" script) it invokes the specific script template. | This is used when a script template is not provided to templates such as <nowiki>{{temp|term}}</nowiki> and <nowiki>{{temp|t}}</nowiki>. It will generate correct attributes and html/xml language tags. If the language is in a set of known languages for which scripts can reasonably be assumed (e.g. "he" language to "Hebr" script) it invokes the specific script template. | ||
This is ''only to be used by other templates'', never in entries; entries should use the correct script template directly if needed. | This is ''only to be used by other templates'', never in entries; entries should use the correct script template directly if needed. | ||
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* if lang is missing, and face is invalid, it will generate blank lang tags (believed to be legal, but not desirable) <dl><dd style="background-color:#DDFFE7;color:#006622">Not exactly. In XHTML 1.0 Transitional (which we use), <tt>lang=""</tt> and <tt>xml:lang=""</tt> are both invalid, in that they violate [http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/dtds.html#a_dtd_XHTML-1.0-Transitional the DTD] (these attributes are of type <tt>NMTOKEN</tt>, which the XML 1.0 spec defines as <tt>(NameChar)+</tt>). However, XML 1.0 does define semantics for <tt>xml:lang=""</tt>, saying basically that it explicitly overrides the <tt>xml:lang</tt> of an enclosing element, but without providing a new value.<sup >[http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#sec-lang-tag ]</sup> Those semantics actually apply pretty well for us: the enclosing context is in English, but the quoted word is likely not to be. The question is, are the semantics even relevant, given that it's not valid? —[[User: Ruakh |Ruakh]]<sub ><small ><i >[[User talk: Ruakh |TALK]]</i ></small ></sub > 18:52, 11 July 2009 (UTC)</dd></dl> | * if lang is missing, and face is invalid, it will generate blank lang tags (believed to be legal, but not desirable) <dl><dd style="background-color:#DDFFE7;color:#006622">Not exactly. In XHTML 1.0 Transitional (which we use), <tt>lang=""</tt> and <tt>xml:lang=""</tt> are both invalid, in that they violate [http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/dtds.html#a_dtd_XHTML-1.0-Transitional the DTD] (these attributes are of type <tt>NMTOKEN</tt>, which the XML 1.0 spec defines as <tt>(NameChar)+</tt>). However, XML 1.0 does define semantics for <tt>xml:lang=""</tt>, saying basically that it explicitly overrides the <tt>xml:lang</tt> of an enclosing element, but without providing a new value.<sup >[http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#sec-lang-tag ]</sup> Those semantics actually apply pretty well for us: the enclosing context is in English, but the quoted word is likely not to be. The question is, are the semantics even relevant, given that it's not valid? —[[User: Ruakh |Ruakh]]<sub ><small ><i >[[User talk: Ruakh |TALK]]</i ></small ></sub > 18:52, 11 July 2009 (UTC)</dd></dl> | ||
* lang and face are partially mixed together, so things like {{temp|Xyzy|foo|lang=term}} and {{temp|Xyzy|foo|face=he}} have interesting effects (in this case, {{Xyzy|foo|lang=term}} and {{Xyzy|foo|face=he}}, respectively) | * lang and face are partially mixed together, so things like <nowiki>{{temp|Xyzy|foo|lang=term}}</nowiki> and <nowiki>{{temp|Xyzy|foo|face=he}}</nowiki> have interesting effects (in this case, <nowiki>{{Xyzy|foo|lang=term}}</nowiki> and <nowiki>{{Xyzy|foo|face=he}}</nowiki>, respectively) | ||
* if lang is invalid, it will generate bad lang tags (not checked) | * if lang is invalid, it will generate bad lang tags (not checked) | ||
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* <code><nowiki>{{Xyzy|字典|lang=cmn}}</nowiki></code>: {{Xyzy|字典|lang=cmn}} | * <code><nowiki>{{Xyzy|字典|lang=cmn}}</nowiki></code>: {{Xyzy|字典|lang=cmn}} | ||
* <code><nowiki> Xyzy|字典|lang=ja </nowiki></code>: Xyzy|字典|lang=ja | * <code><nowiki> Xyzy|字典|lang=ja </nowiki></code>: Xyzy|字典|lang=ja | ||
* <code><nowiki>{{Xyzy|พจนานุกรม|lang=th|face=head}}</nowiki></code>: {{Xyzy|พจนานุกรม|lang=th|face=head}} | * <code><nowiki>{{Xyzy|พจนานุกรม|lang=th|face=head}}</nowiki></code>: <nowiki>{{Xyzy|พจนานุกรม|lang=th|face=head}}</nowiki> | ||
Bad examples: | Bad examples: | ||
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! script | ! script | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ar || {{ar}} || Arab | | ar || <nowiki>{{ar}}</nowiki> || Arab | ||
|- | |- | ||
|fa || {{fa}} || fa-Arab | |fa || <nowiki>{{fa}}</nowiki> || fa-Arab | ||
|- | |- | ||
|ur || {{ur}} || ur-Arab | |ur || <nowiki>{{ur}}</nowiki> || ur-Arab | ||
|- | |- | ||
|hy || {{hy}} || Armn | |hy || <nowiki>{{hy}}</nowiki> || Armn | ||
|- | |- | ||
|xcl || {{xcl}} || Armn | |xcl || <nowiki>{{xcl}}</nowiki> || Armn | ||
|- | |- | ||
|be || {{be}} || Cyrl | |be || <nowiki>{{be}}</nowiki> || Cyrl | ||
|- | |- | ||
|bg || {{bg}} || Cyrl | |bg || <nowiki>{{bg}}</nowiki> || Cyrl | ||
|- | |- | ||
|mk || mk || Cyrl | |mk || mk || Cyrl | ||
|- | |- | ||
|ru || {{ru}} || Cyrl | |ru || <nowiki>{{ru}}</nowiki> || Cyrl | ||
|- | |- | ||
|uk || {{uk}} || Cyrl | |uk || <nowiki>{{uk}}</nowiki> || Cyrl | ||
|- | |- | ||
|cu || {{cu}} || Cyrs | |cu || <nowiki>{{cu}}</nowiki> || Cyrs | ||
|- | |- | ||
|sa || {{sa}} || Deva | |sa || <nowiki>{{sa}}</nowiki> || Deva | ||
|- | |- | ||
|hi || {{hi}} || Deva | |hi || <nowiki>{{hi}}</nowiki> || Deva | ||
|- | |- | ||
|got || {{got}} || Goth | |got || <nowiki>{{got}}</nowiki> || Goth | ||
|- | |- | ||
|el || {{el}} || Grek | |el || <nowiki>{{el}}</nowiki> || Grek | ||
|- | |- | ||
|grc || {{grc}} || polytonic | |grc || <nowiki>{{grc}}</nowiki> || polytonic | ||
|- | |- | ||
|he || {{he}} || Hebr | |he || <nowiki>{{he}}</nowiki> || Hebr | ||
|- | |- | ||
|yi || {{yi}} || Hebr | |yi || <nowiki>{{yi}}</nowiki> || Hebr | ||
|- | |- | ||
|arc || {{arc}} || Hebr | |arc || <nowiki>{{arc}}</nowiki> || Hebr | ||
|- | |- | ||
|ja || ja || Jpan | |ja || ja || Jpan | ||
|- | |- | ||
|ko || {{ko}} || Kore | |ko || <nowiki>{{ko}}</nowiki> || Kore | ||
|- | |- | ||
|ta || {{ta}} || Taml | |ta || <nowiki>{{ta}}</nowiki> || Taml | ||
|- | |- | ||
|te || {{te}} || Telu | |te || <nowiki>{{te}}</nowiki> || Telu | ||
|- | |- | ||
|th || {{th}} || Thai | |th || <nowiki>{{th}}</nowiki> || Thai | ||
|} | |} | ||
===Notes=== | ===Notes=== | ||
The name comes from the magic word " | The name comes from the magic word "xyzzy" from Adventure. It is made to look like an ISO script name, but one very unlikely to be assigned. | ||
It may be very tempting to add languages and scripts, but it should be avoided! Each one adds overhead to many calls on a large majority of the wikt pages, and the benefits for languages beyond what is already there are minimal. Any such change must be very carefully considered. | It may be very tempting to add languages and scripts, but it should be avoided! Each one adds overhead to many calls on a large majority of the wikt pages, and the benefits for languages beyond what is already there are minimal. Any such change must be very carefully considered. | ||
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===Tests=== | ===Tests=== | ||
* <code><nowiki>{{t new|fr|foo}}</nowiki></code>: {{t new|fr|foo}} | * <code><nowiki>{{t new|fr|foo}}</nowiki></code>: <nowiki>{{t new|fr|foo}}</nowiki> | ||
* <code><nowiki>{{t new|th|พจนานุกรม}}</nowiki></code>: {{t new|th|พจนานุกรม}} | * <code><nowiki>{{t new|th|พจนานุกรม}}</nowiki></code>: <nowiki>{{t new|th|พจนานุกรม}}</nowiki> | ||
<includeonly> | <includeonly> | ||
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