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Short: 2.5b - 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: 2.5b
WWW: http://amiga.com.pl/flexcat/
Date: Tue Mar 19 00:56:58 2002
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.
Translators will also find it useful, as, among standard functions
like #?.catalog creation, FlexCat is able to update your #?.ct files
to the new #?.cd files automatically. Give it a try!
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
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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_ExDocs.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
FlexCat_Src.lha - C source code for the FlexCat itself
FlexCat_Demos.lha - example source codes -> shows how to make localized
programs using FlexCat (C/HSPascal/ARexx/etc)
NOTE: I would gladly welcome examples for other
languages (E/Asm etc) as well as detailed tutorials
about right way of doing localized software.
Your contribution is highly welcome!
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:
-------------------------------
* v2.5b (19.03.02)- Added GG patchfile, thanks to Martin Blom <martin@blom.org>
* v2.5 (14.02.02) - Fixed the problem, if using $TODAY, that the date was
one day ahead (tomorrow ;). Replaced gmtime() with
localtime() (DMX).
* v2.4 (28.11.99) - FlexCat is now portable! Thanks to Hardcode.sd{tm}
unique technology you can now try to compile FlexCat
under any OS (both Big and Little Endians are
supported). Read developer.readme for details.
- sometimes garbage could be written instead of
$VER: string (when $TODAY feature was used) due
to memory block being free'd before write.
- added ##rem command to .sd file handling. As you
have probably guessed, it's just remark. The goal
(at least for me) is that ##rem lines won't appear
in result source code, creaded out of the .sd file.
- added manual catalog open/close for compilers that
do not handle autoinit/exit functions
- Updated french translation (Herve Dupont
<herve.dupont@nordnet.fr>)
- Added NOSPACE switch, to avoid extra space char
usually used by FlexCat to separate comment
mark ';' from the main comment text
- Source descriptor for HSPascal by Artur Karpunin
<woody8@kki.net.pl> is now available.
- New archive "FlexCat_Demos" full ;-) of example
source codes for various programming languages
C, HSPascal and ARexx examples are recently
available.
- Content of "Contribution" drawer is now moved to
"FlexCat_Demos" archive.
- Added detailed tutoral (in polish for now) about
the whole localization process (incl. examples)
* v2.3 (19.05.99) - "Trailing ellipsis" detector was broken (Marco
De Vitis <marco.dvv@flashnet.it>)
- Seems I updated the english manual for v2.2, but
forgot to create .guide file out of texinfo.
- Fixed manual to say "1999" instead of "1998", and
fixed #?.cd file to show proper arguments when
help ("?") is requested (Herve Dupont
<herve.dupont@nordnet.fr>)
- Spanish translation by Sergio Martín Rodríguez
<smartin@kaos.es> and Tomás J. Cantó
<tjcanto@redestb.es>