Shawn Walker writes:
> Liane Praza wrote:
> > Shawn Walker wrote:
> >> Liane Praza wrote:
> >>> Shawn Walker wrote:
[SNIP]
> >>>> 4. I have a need for users to be able to specify values to the
> >>>> program based on locale. This is not the locale that the program is
> >>>> running in, but the locale of the content being generated by the
> >>>> program. For example, I have a property group called "repository"
> >>>> and a propval called "name". What is the best way for them to be
> >>>> able to specify a value for "name" for each locale (e.g. en, fr, etc.)?
> >>>
> >>> We currently do this with a convention of appending the locale name
> >>> to the property name. We don't have explicit formal support for it
> >>> at this point, though.
> >>
> >> That format would require me to specify a propval for each supported
> >> locale though would it not? Would it be better to use a
> >> multiple-value property instead and have the user pre-pend the locale
> >> to each value (e.g. en:value, fr:value)?
> >
> > Why would you need to specify one a priori? The property would just be
> > created by your UI when it was specified by the user, I'd think.
>
> I have no such interface, it seems I can just document how to do it with
> svcprop for now and let the user take care of it.
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Shawn Walker
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svcprop can only be used to read properties. You'll need to use svccfg to
create or modify properties. Since it is a general purpose too a typo can
produce unfortunate results. You may find that it would be easier for
your customer to at least provide a shell script to add the locale
information. This would allow you to insure that the proper values are
being set/modified. It would certainly save your customer some typing.
See Nico's example to get a feel for this.
tom
