Changeset 433 for trunk

Timestamp:

May 21, 2019, 10:34:42 PM (6 years ago)

Author:

ataylor

Message:

New icon for ConfigApps. Widened buttons for NLS strings.

Location:

trunk/ConfigApps

Files:

• ConfigApps.scu (modified) ( previous)
• ConfigApps.txt (modified) (1 diff)
• configapps.ico (modified) ( previous)
• readme.txt (modified) (2 diffs)

trunk/ConfigApps/ConfigApps.txt

@@ -2 +2 @@
                           ===============================================
 
-        Archive Filename: ConfigApps1_0_2.zip
-       Short Description: Configure OS/2 default internet apps
+        Archive Filename: ConfigApps1_2_0.zip
+       Short Description: Configure OS/2 default Internet apps
         Long Description: Configure default Web Browser.
-                          Other settings are new settings that no 
-                          programs currently use, this is a proposed OS enhancement.
-1.1.1 Added IRC settings.
-      Corrected Browser parameters ini setting to match URL objects
+                          Other settings are new settings that not all 
+                          programs currently use, including default Email, News, FTP and IRC Clients.
+<p>
+                          1.2.0 Now has national language (i18n) support.
       Proposed directory
            for placement: /pub/os2/apps/misc
 
-               Your name: Aaron Lawrence 
-           Email address: aaronl at consultant dot com
+               Your name: Alex Taylor
+           Email address: alex at altsan dot org
     Program contact name: (same)
    Program contact email: (same)
-             Program URL: 
+             Program URL: http://trac.netlabs.org/newview
       Would you like the
    contact email address
-    included in listings? yes
+    included in listings? no
 
-Operating System/Version: 
+Operating System/Version: OS/2 Warp 4+
  Additional requirements: 
 

trunk/ConfigApps/readme.txt

@@ -24 +24 @@
 
 Many applications have their own settings, even for the browser setting.
-
-My software NewView, as of 2.14.39, only uses the Browser settings 
-but will be modified to use the other settings sometime.
+(My program NewView, as of 2.14.39, only uses the Browser settings 
+but may be modified to use the other settings sometime.)
 
 Changes
@@ -32 +31 @@
 
 1.2.0 (ALT) Added language file support via (ACLLanguageUnit).
-      (ALT) Slight layout tweaks.
-      (ALT) Icon should now render properly (all devices).
+      (ALT) Slight layout adjustments.
+      (ALT) New icon; should now render properly (all devices).
 1.1.1 Added IRC settings.
       Corrected Browser parameters ini setting to match URL objects
 1.0.2 Corrected saving bug. Allow apps without explicit path.
 1.0.0 First public release.
+
+Multi-lingual Support
+---------------------
+
+ConfigApps can now (V1.2.0+) load different languages for its user interface.
+This is done at program startup (changing the language file requires restarting
+the program).
+
+It looks for a file which is called `cfgapps_XX[_YY].lng`, where XX[_YY] is 
+based on the LANG environment variable.  For example, if LANG=en_US it will 
+first look for `cfgapps_en_us.lng`; failing that, it looks for the major part 
+of the LANG variable, e.g. `cfgapps_en.lng`.  These files are searched for in
+the following locations (in order):
+
+    - %OSDIR%\lang  (ArcaOS and eCS 1.1+)
+    - %ULSPATH%
+    - The application directory (where ConfigApps.EXE is located)
+
+If it cannot find a language file according to the logic above, it will default
+to using US English (which is built into the .EXE).  
+
+Normally, translations are not for a particular region, so in most cases the
+files will just be named (for example) cfgapps_es.lng, not cfgapps_es_es.lng.
+
+You can create a new language file by copying the included `cfgapps_xx.lng` to
+the appropriate filename for that language (per above) and translating the 
+contents.  The file is plain text; the format should be easy to understand.
+(A `~` character identifies the following letter as an accelerator for that
+control.)
 
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