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Internationalization
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Internationalization (`"i18n"`) is a domain of computer science focused on making
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software accessible across languages, regions and cultures.
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A combination of those is called a `locale`.
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2018-06-07 09:20:49 +03:00
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On the most abstract level, Gecko internationalization is a set of algorithms,
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data structures and APIs that aim to enable Gecko to work with all human scripts and
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languages, both as a UI toolkit and as a web engine.
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In order to achieve that, i18n has to hook into many components such as layout, gfx, dom,
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widget, build, front-end, JS engine and accessibility.
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It also has to be available across programming languages and frameworks used in the
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platform and front-end.
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Below is a list of articles that introduce the concepts necessary to understand and
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use Mozilla's I18n APIs.
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 1
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locale
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dataintl
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localization
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