Hello people, it would be nice if JOSM used .mo files (installed as /usr/share/locale/<code>/LC_MESSAGES/josm.mo), instead of jar-embedded .lang files. Please read further.
I can only see advantages with that method (and one "disadvantage", which really seems to be a missing feature of Java). The pros are that external tools can handle those files (I think at "localepurge" in Debian, which removes locales you're not going to use -- thus saving space), and the fact that .mo files can be packaged separately from "main josm" (so that if you want an English-only interface, you don't need the locales installed). The only "con" is that, AFAIK, there is no "easy" method of using them within Java. Or, probably, I haven't been able to find it. What I've found is: http://java2s.com/Open-Source/Java-Document-2/Swing/gtkjfilechooser/com/google/code/gtkjfilechooser/GettextResource.java.htm It doesn't seem too difficult, but it's not straightforward either. What do you think about this? Thanks, David -- . ''`. Debian developer | http://wiki.debian.org/DavidPaleino : :' : Linuxer #334216 --|-- http://www.hanskalabs.net/ `. `'` GPG: 1392B174 ----|---- http://deb.li/dapal `- 2BAB C625 4E66 E7B8 450A C3E1 E6AA 9017 1392 B174
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