On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:25:30 +0100
Luis Rodrigues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-09-25 at 20:08 +0200, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> > On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:00:09 +0100
> > Luis Rodrigues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > I just looked at the code.
> > >
> > > I think most of it should have to be redone, but some the ideias
> > > there are good.
> > >
> > > I wanted to ask the Lazarus devs with is the best way to implement
> > > this.
> > >
> > > I'm planing for each form generate a list of strings like msei18n:
> > > form1.button1.caption,original_caption,tranalated_caption
> >
> > That's easy: Hook into Writer.OnWriteStringProperty (main.pp
> > function TMainIDE.DoSaveUnitComponent).
> > The question is, where/how to save the strings smart.
> > I would prefer one or only a few files for each project/package. It
> > would be nice, if the default would be to store all strings into one
> > file per project/package (e.g. a .po file). Then the translators can
> > translate this one file and the IDE will maintain the code/configs
> > to load the translations into the application.
>
> Yes, my ideia is to put everything in the same file and make it
> editable in the IDE and probably in some other app.
There are several good, comfortable and crossplatform .po file editors.
That's why lazarus uses the .po files. IMO the tool should at least
support this format.
> I've been looking at the code but don't understand. What is the {IFDEF
> TRANSLATESTRING}? it's supposed to generate a file with all the
> strings, right? Is it used somewhere?
>
> I also noticed lrtpotools.pas and Project->Project Options->i18n, has
> someone started an i18n work? Is there some documentation how it works
> (I allready read about resourcestrings) ?
Yes, several people started these things, but never finished them.
AFAIK there are no docs. So, you can decide to rewrite it or to extend
the code.
> > > A library could be generated that would contain the strings and
> > > could be loaded like in msei18n.
> >
> > I guess, po loader or dynamic libs have both their pros and cons.
> > Better split the translation process into several parts (moduls).
> >
> >
> Ok.
Mattias
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