parent languages - where are they?

parent languages - where are they?

by Joseph Rézeau -
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1- I seem to remember that there is a system in Moodle whereby some languages can declare a "parent" language. For example, fr_ca would declare fr as parent, en_us would declare en, etc. This would make only necessary for the "children" languages to list those few language strings different from their "parent" language. I have installed fr_ca and en_us on my moodle site, but cannot find where the "parent declaration" is located. Where are they?

2- It is also possible for language files located in modules folders to use the parent/children system?

Joseph

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Re: parent languages - where are they?

by Nicolas Martignoni -
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Hi Joseph,

You'll find the 'parentlanguage' string in the file langconfig.php of each language pack, when it has to be defined (see for instance the fr_ca_utf8 lang pack, where you'll find $string['parentlanguage'] = 'fr_utf8';).

When there's no parent language (e.g. for package fr_utf8), the string is not defined, and the default lang pack (en_utf8) is automatically used for undefined strings.

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Re: parent languages - where are they?

by Joseph Rézeau -
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Thanks Nicolas,
Thanks to your reply I have also found the answer to my question 2: I have to put in my mod folder, at \lang\fr_ca_utf8\ a langconfig.php file with just one string: $string['parentlanguage'] = 'fr_utf8';
et voila!cool
Joseph

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