On 14 March 2013 17:11, Ariel Constenla-Haile <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Jani, > > On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 08:59:34PM +0100, janI wrote: > > > IIRC the time I build a KID, the language pack does not work, you have > > > to build a full installation set. I also found the KID thing not > helpful > > > at all. IMO it is more useful to set the environment variable > HELP_DEBUG > > > > > Do you mind clarifying "not helpful at all" ? > > > > I thought it was a feature our testers used a lot, so I have prepared > > genLang with a "kid switch" so it later can be expanded to generate the > > keys. But it is not useful I will of course not do it. > > Did you try it on a build? I find more helpful the HelpID: > > http://people.apache.org/~arielch/images/HelpIDs.png > http://people.apache.org/~arielch/images/KIDs.png > > Searching for fc45ka is not as helpful as searching for > CB_REDUCEIMAGERESOLUTION (specially from a developer's perspective, the > kid will lead you only to the kid SDF file, if I want to know where in > the source code this is used, I have to do another search: > > > http://opengrok.adfinis-sygroup.org/source/search?q=fc45ka&project=aoo-trunk > > > the Help ID leads you to the source code, all the SDF files, you can > compare all > translations quickly using opengrok, you can narrow your search only for > the source code, or only for l10n, etc.: > > > http://opengrok.adfinis-sygroup.org/source/search?q=CB_REDUCEIMAGERESOLUTION&defs=&refs=&path=&hist=&project=aoo-trunk > > In short, I find more useful a non-pro build, where you can activate > extra warnings for overlapping controls in dialogs, text too long to fit > in a fixed text, multiple use of the same mnemonic, etc. And you can do > much with the help ID (it can be activated in a regular build by > exporting HELP_DEBUG=1 > thx for the answer, I will try it later tonight but you have convinced (and I have saved some hours work). I will not implement kid in genLang (should someone else feel strongly about they can always do it later). looking forward to getting genLang in trunk. rgds jan I. > > > Regards > -- > Ariel Constenla-Haile > La Plata, Argentina >
