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- From: Michael Loader <76711.2617@CompuServe.COM>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: Locale.library (was PageStream 3.0i Released)
- Date: 10 Mar 1996 22:03:50 GMT
- Organization: Soft-Logik
- Message-ID: <4hvjk6$hm6$2@mhadf.production.compuserve.com>
-
- Clark Nikolai (aa144@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca) wrote:
- : I'm curious why Soft-Logik makes a German version of PageStream instead of
- : just making it use the Locale.library and simply making a German catalogue.
-
- Locale was a great idea to make localization easier. Unfortunately,
- it doesn't support all of the things PageStream requires. One example:
- Locale requires that all strings in a program be in one string table.
- We're getting ready to split PageStream into multiple string tables.
- This will make Locale compatibility impossible. PageStream has too
- many strings to make management of them in one string table practical,
- so splitting it up into multiple string tables will make things easier
- for us.
-
- Another reason is that PageStream's interface is not string sensitive.
- If a string became longer, the interface would be messed up.
-
- I think there are other technical reasons too, but these are the ones
- I know about.
-
- --
- Regards,
-
- Michael
- Soft-Logik Publishing
-