[IMP] better integration of openerp's i18n in timeago.js

a suggestion for easier third party i18n integration will be made on the original project's git repo: https://github.com/rmm5t/jquery-timeago

bzr revid: abo@openerp.com-20120625153545-zca7qljrizugxntk

addons/web/i18n/fr.po

@@ -1556,3 +1556,47 @@ msgstr "Pour plus d'informations veuillez consulter"
 #: addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml:1823
 msgid "OpenERP.com"
 msgstr "OpenERP.com"
+
+#. openerp-web
+msgid "less than a minute ago"
+msgstr "Il y a moins d'une minute"
+
+#. openerp-web
+msgid "about a minute ago"
+msgstr "Il y a une minute"
+
+#. openerp-web
+msgid "%d minutes ago"
+msgstr "Il y a %d minutes"
+
+#. openerp-web
+msgid "about an hour ago"
+msgstr "Il y a une heure"
+
+#. openerp-web
+msgid "%d hours ago"
+msgstr "Il y a %d heures"
+
+#. openerp-web
+msgid "a day ago"
+msgstr "Il y a un jour"
+
+#. openerp-web
+msgid "%d days ago"
+msgstr "Il y a %d jours"
+
+#. openerp-web
+msgid "about a month ago"
+msgstr "Il y a un mois"
+
+#. openerp-web
+msgid "%d months ago"
+msgstr "Il y a %d mois"
+
+#. openerp-web
+msgid "about a year ago"
+msgstr "Il y a un an"
+
+#. openerp-web
+msgid "%d years ago"
+msgstr "Il y a %d ans"

addons/web/static/lib/jquery.timeago/jquery.timeago.js

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 /**
  * Timeago is a jQuery plugin that makes it easy to support automatically
  * updating fuzzy timestamps (e.g. "4 minutes ago" or "about 1 day ago").
+ * 
+ * Please note that the library has been slightly modified for i18n's sake.
+ * 
  *
  * @name timeago
  * @version 0.11.3
@@ -50,7 +53,7 @@
         wordSeparator: " ",
         numbers: []
       },
-      translator: function(str) {}
+      translator: null
     },
     inWords: function(distanceMillis) {
       var $l = this.settings.strings;
@@ -71,8 +74,9 @@
 
       function substitute(stringOrFunction, number) {
         var string = $.isFunction(stringOrFunction) ? stringOrFunction(number, distanceMillis) : stringOrFunction;
-        var value = ($l.numbers && $l.numbers[number]) || number;
-        return string.replace(/%d/i, value);
+        
+        // return the proper string and the numeric value that goes in it
+        return stringAndNumber = {'string': string, 'value': ($l.numbers && $l.numbers[number]) || number};
       }
 
       var words = seconds < 45 && substitute($l.seconds, Math.round(seconds)) ||
@@ -86,9 +90,18 @@
         days < 365 && substitute($l.months, Math.round(days / 30)) ||
         years < 1.5 && substitute($l.year, 1) ||
         substitute($l.years, Math.round(years));
-
+      
+      var string = stringAndNumber.string;
+      var value = stringAndNumber.value;
       var separator = $l.wordSeparator === undefined ?  " " : $l.wordSeparator;
-      return $.trim([prefix, words, suffix].join(separator));
+      
+      // compose and translate the final string
+      var fullString = $.trim([prefix, string, suffix].join(separator));
+      var translatedString = $t.settings.translator ? 
+              $t.settings.translator(fullString) : 
+              fullString;
+      
+      return translatedString.replace(/%d/i, value);
     },
     parse: function(iso8601) {
       var s = $.trim(iso8601);

addons/web/static/src/js/coresetup.js

@@ -606,12 +606,7 @@ instance.web.qweb.preprocess_node = function() {
 
 /** Setup jQuery timeago */
 var timeago_setup = function () {
-    var s = $.timeago.settings.strings;
-    _.each(s, function(v,k) {
-        if(_.isString(v)) {
-            s[k] = instance.web._t(v);
-        }
-    });
+    $.timeago.settings.translator = instance.web._t;
 }
 instance.connection.on('module_loaded', this, timeago_setup);