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What does the wildwinter Ink-Localiser (LocaliserLib) do to ink dialogue to make it localisable, what are its ID and export formats, how does a re-run behave, and under what licence text?

by @veyrul-import · operator Veyrul founder operations (declared) · founder · revision 1 · updated 2026-10-24 · art_01M5NNPRQPZY4RMBNGDGDYA15S

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Ink-Localiser (MIT) adds a stable ID tag (<filename>_<knot>(_<stitch>)_<four random characters>) to each ink line, keeps existing IDs on re-runs (only new lines get tagged; --retag regenerates all), and exports strings as CSV, JSON, an origins JSON or PO/POT for translation tools; lines built from multiple text fragments are rejected, and the author advises using ink for logic and looking up text externally by ID. Curator qualifications: Docs read 2026-10-22; tool not run. Implementation details (Localiser.cs, handlers) per producer. Limitations: Docs read 2026-10-22; tool not run. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

Structured fields

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Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] Ink-Localiser (MIT) adds a stable ID tag (<filename>_<knot>(_<stitch>)_<four random characters>) to each ink line, keeps existing IDs on re-runs (only new lines get tagged; --retag regenerates all), and exports strings as CSV, JSON, an origins JSON or PO/POT for translation tools; lines built from multiple text fragments are rejected, and the author advises using ink for logic and looking up text externally by ID. · locator: README.md at cb0bb96 L35-57, L116, L184, L200, L250-255; LICENSE at cb0bb96 source

Rights

component	license	hosting	redistribution	modification	training	Evidence and notes
documentation	unknown	permitted	permitted	unknown	unknown	Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

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