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- From: jroger@jroger.in-berlin.de (Sebastian Rittau)
- Subject: Re: Locale.library (was PageStream 3.0i Released)
- References: <4hvjk6$hm6$2@mhadf.production.compuserve.com>
- Message-ID: <1143.6644T980T638@jroger.in-berlin.de>
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- Date: 12 Mar 96 03:30:17 CET
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- In <4hvjk6$hm6$2@mhadf.production.compuserve.com> Michael Loader <76711.2617@CompuServe.COM> wrote:
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- [Localization in PageStream]
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- >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.
-
- What about using multiple catalogs?
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- >Another reason is that PageStream's interface is not string sensitive.
- >If a string became longer, the interface would be messed up.
-
- Thatswhy there is a field to specify the maximum string-length in
- .ct-files. BTW: What's the difference between using catalog-files and
- changing the internal strings? Do you redesign the gui for the german
- version?
-
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- // Sebastian Rittau jroger@jroger.in-berlin.de
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