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- Short: 2.0 - Flexible catalogs (C, Asm, Oberon, E, ARexx, Modula...)
- Author: Marcin Orlowski <carlos@amiga.com.pl>
- Uploader: Marcin Orlowski <carlos@amiga.com.pl>
- Type: dev/misc
- Version: 2.0
- WWW: http://amiga.com.pl/flexcat/
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-
- INFO
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-
- FlexCat creates catalogs and the source to handle them. The difference
- between FlexCat and KitCat, CatComp and some others is, that FlexCat is
- designed to produce any source you want: any programming language, any
- individual needs should be satisfied. However, FlexCat is not more
- difficult to use.
-
- This sounds like a contradiction. FlexCat's solution is to use
- template files, the so called "source descriptions". Ready to use examples
- for Assembler, C, C++, E, Oberon and Modula-2 are distributed, additionally
- an example for supporting catalogs on Workbench 2.0. Any other examples
- are welcome.
-
-
- Archives
- ----------
-
- Since release 2.0, the FlexCat distribiution is splitted into the
- smaller archives. They are (in order of importance):
-
- FlexCat.lha - Latest FlexCat, user contribitions, english manual
- and foreign catalog files
-
- FlexCat_0x0.lha - patches for 020, 040 and 060 versions of FlexCat
- (PPC makes no sense here. I checked that).
-
- FlexCat_XtraDocs.lha - FlexCat's guide in non english languages. Currently
- Svenska, Espanol and Deutsch are provided
-
- FlexCat_CatSrc.lha - #?.cd and #?.ct files for existing translations and
- #?.texinfo documents
-
- If you just want to use FlexCat, the 1st archive is all you need.
- If you want to have CPU optimised binaries, take both 1st and 2nd
- and patch the original release. If you want to read translated manual,
- get the 3rd one. If you want to make the translation take the 4th one
- (but I suggesto to join the Amiga Translators' Organisation
- <http://ato.vapor.com/ato> first!)
-
-
- Changes since previous release:
- -------------------------------
-
- * v2.0 (25.02.98) - Unfortunately, 2.0 does not meanw break thru
- technologies implemented here. It is just the next
- version numer FlexCat should have...
-
- Added a workaround for problems some people may
- encounter while creating catalogs for languages
- with corrupted converstion table (part of #?.language
- file). FlexCat uses utility.library function to convert
- ##language name to lowercase, which leads to
- wrong strings with e.g. czech environment.
- Use NOLANGTOLOWER (CLI and prefs) to tell FlexCat
- to not to lowercase the name (but remember to keep
- it lowercased manually!).
-
- FlexCat now uses buffered IO operations.
- That may increase the overall speed of FlexCat,
- however it's not the must, so you can use
- NOBUFFEREDIO switch to fall back to previous
- poll mode. Please test the overall performance,
- and tell me the results. The IO buffer is now
- 2048 bytes large.
-
- While creating new #?.ct file FlexCat puts contents
- of Language system variable if possible as the
- #langauge argument.
-
- Fixed bug causing random memory writes under
- some, but very rare, circumstances.
-
- ARexx.sd source descriptor added thanks to
- Kai Norhausen <kn@tribal.line.org>
-
- Users' stuff added. Look at the contents of
- the "Contribution" drawer!
-
- Renumbered the version of catalog files. Most
- recent catalog version is 2.0. Older and outdated
- are 1.x.
-
- French catalog updated. Thanks to Julien `GiZmO' Wilk
- <wilkj@esiee.fr>
-
- Finnish translation updated by Mika Lundell
- <c71829@uwasa.fi>
-
- Nederlans translation by Leon Woestenberg
- <leon@stack.nl>
-
- Norsk translation thanks to Eivind Olsen
- <eivindo@bgnett.no>
-
- Italian catalog updated by Luca Nora
- <ln546991@silab.dsi.unimi.it> and Giovanni
- Addabbo <gaddabbo@imar.it>
-
- Portugese translation updated by Frederico
- Borges <famb@mail.telepac.pt> and
- Alexandre Gabriel <chryse@mail.telepac.pt>
-
- The new spanish translation by Marcos Broc
- <amiga187@arrakis.es> and Samuel Aguilera
- <slyguy@mx2.redestb.es>
-
- Croatian translation by Mladen Ili¹inoviæ
- <milisino@jagor.srce.hr>
-
-
- * V1.9 (01.08.97) - Now you can use special $TODAY attribute
- in your $VER string. While creating catalog,
- $TODAY will be replaced by current date (note,
- only 1st occurance will be processed). If you
- want your version strings to always be recent
- dated type: $VER: FlexCat.catalog 3.0 ($TODAY)
- NOTE: This string is CASESENSITIVE!
-
- FlexCat preferences added. To define your own
- defaults, set the environmental variable
- "flexcat.prefs" with the contents matching
- following template: "SDDIR/K,MSG_NEW/K,
- WARNCTGAPS/S,NOOPTIM/S,FILL/S,FLUSH/S,NOBEEP/S,
- QUIET/S". Note FlexCat is using ReadArgs()
- to parse the preferences, thus place all the
- items in one line.
-
- If you use FlexCat for #?.ct updating, you
- probably was missing any additional markers
- to let you easily find the new strings. Now
- you get them. By default the "***NEW***",
- is used, but you may configure it using
- FlexCat preferences.
-
- QUIET switch used to suppress error messages.
- Fixed.
-
- New C source descriptor Cat2h_?.sd. Read
- the manual or Lib/Cat2h.readme for more
- information.
-
- Version of updated catalogs bumped to 2.5
-
- Portugese translation of program catalog, thanks
- to Frederico Borges <famb@mail.telepac.pt> and
- Alexandre Gabriel <chryse@mail.telepac.pt>
-
- Swedish translation of FlexCat manual,
- thanks to Magnus Holmgren <cmh@lls.se>
-
- Spanish translation reworked by
- Marcos Broc <amiga187@arrakis.es> and
- Samuel Aguilera <slyguy92@arrakis.es>
-
- Now FlexCat does DisplayBeep() when any error
- or warning happen (but don't worry, it's smart
- enough, so you won't experience any Beep() bombing ;).
- By using NOBEEP switch you can shut it up.
-
- Previous releases had problems with comment lines
- ending with \'s, which made FlexCat think it's multiline
- string. Now it is not as dumb to get fooled any longer.
-
- You can now use octal, decimal and hexadecimal
- (e.g 0x20) digits for all FlexCat digital arguments
- (like ##version) as well as for (ID/MIN/MAX),
- ##codeset and others.
-
- FLUSH switch added. By using it all unused
- catalogs (but also libraries, fonts, devices etc) will
- be flushed from memory, whenever new catalog is
- written. So note: FLUSH works only with CATALOG switch
- (it means while compiling new catalog).
-
- New C source descriptors: catcomp_h.sd creates
- source (almost) identical to CatComp's ones, but
- expanded for multicatalog support. With this
- descriptor you can handle more than one catalog
- in your program harmless. NOTE: for compatibility
- reasons, other descriptors remain unchanged (however
- additional, multicatalog versions may appear
- in next release).
-
- FlexCat does not accept empty ##language argument
- any longer.
-
- FILL switch. This feature is highly useful for the
- translators, and probably for them only. Normally,
- when you're working on the new translation, some
- of the strings remains untranslated due the work
- is just in progress. Unfortunately all catalog
- tools write all these empty strings into the catalog
- file, which will cause empty buttons, menus or simmilar
- things to appear whenever you check your unfinished
- translation with the program, which isn't nice effect.
- Using FILL you may force FlexCat to ignore all empty
- translations (strings from #?.ct file) and instead
- to write original string (from #?.cd) to the catalog.
- That prevents you from watching empty GUI etc.
- NOTE: this option is only for testing purposes.
- Final catalogs should always be created without FILL
- switch used!
-
- English manual is now up-to-date.
-
- Added %a, %t and %z operands for source
- descriptors. See (probably english and
- swedish only, for now) manual for detailed
- information
-