DataTable i18n not working as expected

[dzhuang]

@ishitatsuyuki According to DataTables/Plugins#192, the lang files contains comments and the reponse are not json. So i18n of DataTable is not working as expected.

[dzhuang]

Also, see https://datatables.net/forums/discussion/26977/i18n-plugin-files-are-not-in-json-format

[ishitatsuyuki]

To workaround, we possibly could link to the CDN versions mentioned in that issue.

[dzhuang]

I think pycountry is a little heavy for this functionality. I'd rather cook a new repo with npm to solve that.

[JonGarbayo]

For me (on 1.10.15 version), "not working as expected" is not really accurate: it's not working at all, every string stays in English.

@dzhuang, did you created a public npm repo with that problem fixed :) ?

[inducer]

Thanks for reporting this. I think this might be a DataTables issue. Relate sets this up as described, and as far as I can tell, the files are there, but there isn't even an HTTP request for them. I'd be grateful if you could investigate what's happening.

[dzhuang]

@JonGarbayo Did you see this commit (7048045) which closed this issue? We have been using https://github.com/dzhuang/datatables-i18n for the langs.

[JonGarbayo]

Oh I am really sorry: I landed here searching for a fix for that not working Datatables .lang files, but I didn't see I was not on a Datatables GitHub repo 😅

I don't use relate, so I am not aware of the state of the problem here, sorry.

[dzhuang]

@JonGarbayo It's ok. And I think our fix might be helpful for you.