Module:Engvar
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This module implements {{engvar}}. It allows templates to show national varieties of English, when |engvar=
is passed by each article.
For example, one template can display "football" for |engvar=en-UK
articles, and "soccer" for |engvar=en-US
articles.
Parameter list
Template
{{#invoke:engvar|variants
| defaultWord =
| defaultLang =
| engvar = <!-- Pass-through the editor's choice, set to 'auto' to automatically detect -->
| en-XX = <!-- add country code for XX, and the nation language word -->
| en-YY = <!-- add more varieties as might be needed -->
| engvarCat = <!-- '=no' will suppress message category in article page -->
| fallback = <!-- set to 'true' to allow commonwealth languages to fallback to 'en-GB'. False by default unless engvar='auto'. -->
}}
Article
{{example
| engvar =
| engvarCat =
}}
Maintenance category
Articles with an invalid |engvar=
will be placed in the hidden maintenance category Category:Articles using an unknown Template:Engvar option. Articles listed may need editing.
An article's requested |engvar=
may be unspecified in the template. For example, if an article uses {{example|engvar=South African English}}
but the template has no |en-ZA=
, then the template will return |defaultWord=default color name
. The category will not be used.
- When this categorization is not desired for a whole template, set
|engvarCat=no
in the template - Otherwise pass-through this setting from the article:
|engvarCat={{{engvarCat|yes}}}
. This allows the editor to switch categorization off per article.
Articles are sorted by |engvarCatSort=
or {{pagename}} by default. Note that other templates will fill this category. Set this parameter like |engvarCatSort=Personal prefs
in a template to group its listings under "P".
List of English varieties
In the template, use the exact ISO-code as the parameter name like |en-GB=vapour
. Write |en-US=soccer
not |American English=soccer
. Needed varieties have articles using the template and words differing from the default.
English variety | ISO-code |
---|---|
American English | en-US
|
Australian English | en-AU
|
British English | en-GB
|
Canadian English | en-CA
|
Hiberno-English (Irish-English) | en-EI
|
Hong Kong English | en-HK
|
Indian English | en-IN
|
Jamaican English | en-JM
|
Malawian English | en-MW
|
New Zealand English | en-NZ
|
Nigerian English | en-NG
|
Pakistani English | en-PK
|
Philippine English | en-PH
|
Scottish English | en-SCO
|
Singapore English | en-SG
|
South African English | en-ZA
|
Trinidadian English | en-TT
|
British English Oxford spelling British (Oxford) English Oxford English Dictionary (OED) |
en-OED
|
IUPAC spelling | en-IUPAC
|
There is backwards compatibility for leeway in articles. |engvar=en-US
, |engvar=United States
, |engvar=US
can all show the |en-US=football
variety.
See also
- HELP:ENGVAR
- Category:Articles using an unknown Template:Engvar option
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 -- The 2-letter country code
- {{#invoke:Engvar|explain|...}} - debugging
-- This module implements Template:Engvar.
-- Template:Engvar is to be build into the template (like an infobox), with default & variant spellings defined.
-- That template should also allow parameter '|engvar=' for the editor (article page).
-- The module/template Engvar then returns the spelling variant as is set in that article (for example '|engvar=en-GB').
-- The defaultWord is returned, unless the engvar input hits on a defined (en-XX) variant word.
local p = {}
local getArgs = require('Module:Arguments').getArgs
local yesno = require('Module:Yesno')
local gsub = string.gsub
local lower = string.lower
local upper = string.upper
function p.variants(frame)
local args = getArgs(frame)
return p._variants(args)
end
local function fallback(args, useLang)
local cwealthLangs = { ['en-OED'] = 1, ['en-IUPAC'] = 1,
['en-AU'] = 1, ['en-CA'] = 1, ['en-EI'] = 1, ['en-HK'] = 1,
['en-IN'] = 1, ['en-JM'] = 1, ['en-NZ'] = 1, ['en-PK'] = 1,
['en-SCO'] = 1, ['en-SG'] = 1, ['en-ZA'] = 1 }
if (useLang == 'en-IUPAC' or useLang == 'en-OED') and (args['en-OED'] or args['en-CA']) then
return args['en-OED'] or args['en-CA']
elseif useLang == 'en-CA' and (args['en-OED'] or args['en-US']) then
return args['en-OED'] or args['en-US']
elseif cwealthLangs[useLang] and args['en-GB'] then
return args['en-GB']
end
return args.defaultWord or ''
end
function p._variants(args)
local returnWord = nil
local auto = false
local defaultWord = args.defaultWord or ''
local engvar = args.engvar
if (lower(engvar or '') == 'auto') then
engvar = require('Module:Engvar/detect').detect()
auto = true
end
if engvar == nil then
-- Nothing to look for; use defaultWord right away
returnWord = defaultWord
elseif args.defaultLang == gsub(lower(engvar), '^en%-(%w%w)$', formatISO) then
-- By the defaultLang, the defaultWord is asked
returnWord = defaultWord
else
returnWord = args[gsub(lower(engvar), '^en%-(%w%w)$', formatISO)]
end
if returnWord == nil then
-- No hit so far. Search by words in the engvar entered, checking the list
local useLang = engvarLang(engvar)
if useLang == nil then
returnWord = defaultWord .. addMaintCat(args)
elseif args[useLang] then
returnWord = args[useLang]
elseif yesno(args.fallback or auto, auto) then --default to fallback if auto, otherwise default to no fallback
returnWord = fallback(args, useLang)
else
returnWord = defaultWord
end
end
return returnWord
end
-- Returns arguments and intermediate result. Plus the template result, in front.
function p.explain(frame)
local args = getArgs(frame)
local ret = {}
local engvar = args.engvar or ''
table.insert(ret, '\n\n: Settings:')
table.insert(ret, 'defaultWord=' .. (args.defaultWord or '') .. '; ')
table.insert(ret, 'defaultLang=' .. (args.defaultLang or '') .. '; ')
table.insert(ret, 'engvarCat=' .. (args.engvarCat or '[default:yes]') .. '; ')
table.insert(ret, 'engvarCatSort=' .. (args.engvarCatSort or ''))
table.insert(ret, 'fallback=' .. (args.fallback or ''))
table.insert(ret, '\n\n: engvar=' .. engvar .. ' [input] ')
if (lower(engvar) == 'auto') then
engvar = require('Module:Engvar/detect').detect() or ''
table.insert(ret, 'engvar=' .. engvar .. ' [detected] ')
end
local useLang = engvarLang(engvar)
table.insert(ret, ' => Engvar code [used]: >' .. (useLang or '') .. '<.')
for k, v in pairs(args) do
if k == 'en-UK' then
table.insert(ret, k .. ' ? better: use "en-GB"; ')
elseif k == 'en-SA' then
table.insert(ret, k .. ' ? misleading; use "en-ZA"; ')
end
if k == 'defaultWord' then
elseif k == 'defaultLang' then
elseif k == 'engvar' then
elseif k == 'engvarcat' then
elseif k == gsub(lower(k), '^en%-(%w%w)$', formatISO) then
table.insert(ret, k .. '=' .. v .. '; ')
else
table.insert(ret, k .. ' [not standard:]=' .. v .. '; ')
end
end
return engvar .. ' => ' .. p._variants(args) .. table.concat(ret, ' ')
end
-- Turn a match into pattern 'en-XX'
function formatISO(country)
return ('en-' .. upper(country) or '')
end
function engvarLang(searchEngvar)
-- Search verbose language identifiers to ISO-format 'en-XX'
-- Assumed: not a blank string '' to search
local match = string.match
local langs = {
us = 'US', usa = 'US',
au = 'AU', aus = 'AU',
gb = 'GB', gbr = 'GB', uk = 'GB',
ca = 'CA', can = 'CA',
ei = 'EI', irl = 'EI',
hk = 'HK', hkg = 'HK',
['in'] = 'IN', ind = 'IN', --'in' is a reserved keyword and needs to be in quotes
jm = 'JM', jam = 'JM',
mw = 'MW', mwi = 'MW',
nz = 'NZ', nzl = 'NZ',
ng = 'NG', nga = 'NG',
pk = 'PK', pak = 'PK',
ph = 'PH', phl = 'PH',
sco = 'SCO',
sg = 'SG', sgp = 'SG',
za = 'ZA', zaf = 'ZA',
tt = 'TT', tto = 'TT',
oed = 'OED'};
searchEngvar = gsub(searchEngvar, '^%s*en%-(.*)', '%1') -- rm any opening 'en-'.
searchEngvar = gsub(lower(searchEngvar), '[%s%(%)%-]', '') -- To lc, remove all: (, ) , ws, hyphen.
--normalize language codes so we don't trigger the maintenence category on valid codes
local useLang = langs[searchEngvar]
if useLang then
return 'en-'..useLang
--Special codes
elseif match(searchEngvar, 'oxford') then
useLang = 'OED' -- 'oxford' to catch before anyting 'british'
elseif match(searchEngvar, 'iupac') then
useLang = 'IUPAC' -- chemistry
-- Very often used
elseif match(searchEngvar, 'british') then
useLang = 'GB'
elseif match(searchEngvar, 'unitedstates')
or match(searchEngvar, 'american') then
useLang = 'US'
elseif match(searchEngvar, 'australia') then
useLang = 'AU'
-- Often used
elseif match(searchEngvar, 'india') then
useLang = 'IN'
elseif match(searchEngvar, 'newzealand') then
useLang = 'NZ'
elseif match(searchEngvar, 'southafrica') then -- not: SA
useLang = 'ZA'
elseif match(searchEngvar, 'canad') then --'canada' or 'canadian'
useLang = 'CA'
elseif match(searchEngvar, 'hiberno')
or match(searchEngvar, 'ireland')
or match(searchEngvar, 'irish') then
useLang = 'EI'
elseif match(searchEngvar, 'hongkong') then
useLang = 'HK'
-- Less often used
elseif match(searchEngvar, 'jamaica') then
useLang = 'JM'
elseif match(searchEngvar, 'malawi') then
useLang = 'MW'
elseif match(searchEngvar, 'nigeria') then
useLang = 'NG'
elseif match(searchEngvar, 'pakistan') then
useLang = 'PK'
elseif match(searchEngvar, 'philippine') then
useLang = 'PH'
elseif match(searchEngvar, 'scotland')
or match(searchEngvar, 'scottish') then
useLang = 'SCO' -- Has no alpha-2 code; not 'scotch'
elseif match(searchEngvar, 'singapore') then
useLang = 'SG'
elseif match(searchEngvar, 'trinidad')
or match(searchEngvar, 'tobago') then
useLang = 'TT'
end
return useLang and 'en-'..useLang
end
function addMaintCat(args)
local catMaintenance
if args.engvarCat ~= 'no' then
local title = mw.title.getCurrentTitle()
if title:inNamespaces(0) then -- 0=main, 10=templ, 828=module
if args.engvarCatSort then
catMaintenance = '|' .. args.engvarCatSort .. ', ' .. title.text
end
catMaintenance = '[[Category:Articles using an unknown Template:Engvar option' .. (catMaintenance or '') .. ']]'
end
end
return catMaintenance or ''
end
return p