[izpack-devel] Langpacks as properties files

[Bartz, Klaus]

Hi Fabrice,
keep cool, sometimes there are things which are more
importent as IzPack :-)
I think you speak about the stuff you would check in which
allows multiple instances of an IzPanel. Isn't it?
I think, there should no - or not a big - intersection between
it and the things I do in the moment.
I mean the common langpack files e.g. eng.xml or deu.xml or
fra.xml in %IZHOME%\bin\langpacks\installer. If you use a
keyextention for your stuff like MyPanel.heading1 it will 
made no trouble.

Cheers

Klaus

> -----Original Message-----
> From: izpack-devel-bounces at lists.berlios.de 
> [mailto:izpack-devel-bounces at lists.berlios.de] On Behalf Of miraodb
> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 3:32 PM
> To: izpack-devel at lists.berlios.de
> Subject: Re: [izpack-devel] Langpacks as properties files
> 
> 
> Hi Klaus,
> 
> First of all sorry my silence lately... been crazy at work 
> and in life in 
> general.
> 
> I wanted to check with you if your work would affect in any 
> ways my current 
> work that I was about to submit.
> 
> Do you mind if I send you my pieces of code with some explanations of 
> course.
> 
> The main idea to make any panel multi and as customizable as possible.
> 
> Let me know.
> Cheers,
> Fabrice
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bartz, Klaus" <Klaus.Bartz at coi.de>
> To: <izpack-devel at lists.berlios.de>
> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 5:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [izpack-devel] Langpacks as properties files
> 
> > Sorry, that with HTML is nonsens. I meant XML...
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Klaus
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: izpack-devel-bounces at lists.berlios.de
> >> [mailto:izpack-devel-bounces at lists.berlios.de] On Behalf Of Bartz, 
> >> Klaus
> >> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 10:42 AM
> >> To: izpack-devel at lists.berlios.de
> >> Subject: [izpack-devel] Langpacks as properties files
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >> in the moment I am working at the langpacks.
> >> Some weeks ago we have discussed it a little bit
> >> and decided to change to properties files and remove
> >> flags.
> >> In the moment I have an converter from our HTML format
> >> to properties format ready. I use a HTML helper from
> >> Elmar which uses the standard stuff.
> >> Not all old HTML files are convertable because some
> >> contains bad utf-8 sequences. E.g. ukr.xml.
> >>
> >>
> >> The properties file format is ugly to read for chars
> >> other than ASCII, e.g.:
> >> English:
> >> installer.warning=Warning\!
> >> Turkish:
> >> installer.warning=Uyar\u00C3\u00BD\!
> >> Japanese:
> >> installer.warning=\u8B66\u544A \!
> >>
> >> I think this is not editable. Therefore I am writing
> >> a little, simple, ugly tool which shows the text as
> >> seen in the IzPanels and allow to edit it. I do not 
> implement any way 
> >> to write the glyphs with an English mapped keybord, else I assume 
> >> that the user has the needed keybord mapping activated. On 
> MS Windows 
> >> XP this works better as I have assumed. I have tested it
> >> with RU. I cannot read it, but I can write chars which
> >> looks like some which are present in the converted file.
> >>
> >> My votes:
> >> 1.
> >> I vote to remove the old stuff (files like eng.xml)
> >> fully and support only properties files beginning with the next 
> >> medium relase(3.11). The standard langpacks we (I) can convert. 
> >> Custom langpacks have to be converted by the install 
> builder with the 
> >> given converter.
> >>
> >> 2.
> >> I vote to make the bad langpacks public in the user email list and 
> >> remove them in the next medium release (3.11), if they are not 
> >> corrected.
> >>
> >> Any comments?
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >>
> >> Klaus
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