On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 12:15 AM, Markus Spoettl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 2, 2008, at 8:04 PM, Chris Idou wrote: >> >> [[NSBundle bundleForClass:[self class]] >> localizedStringForKey:@"kMDItemFSLabel" value:@"nothing here" >> table:@"MetaData"] >> >> MetaData.strings ends up in my English.lproj and get info says it is an >> English localization. But the code returns "nothing here". >> >> I've also tried: >> >> NSLocalizedStringFromTable(@"kMDItemFSLabel", @"MetaData", >> @"kMDItemFSLabel") >> >> But that doesn't work either. Am I missing something? > > > When I can't get a specific localized string (or any string in a strings > file) to be picked up correctly it's always a syntax error in the strings > file. You'll get no warning of any kind in such a case, it just doesn't > work.
And note that .strings files are, despite their appearances, just regular old property lists. The UTF-16 with the line-by-line equals signs is just the old-style plist format. This gives you some useful properties: - The plutil -lint command will tell you if there is a syntax error, and where it is if there is one. - You can also open the thing with Property List Utility and see if it errors, or use NSPropertyListSerialization. - You can convert it to the more standard XML format and work with it that way. (However beware, as I don't believe there is a standard tool to convert *back*, old style plists being read-only in the frameworks at this point. However for the basic structure of .strings files, writing a bit of code to do the conversion would not be too difficult.) Mike _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
