System Language
Dear RunRev afficionados, I have just uploaded to my website an incredibly goofy little stack that tells you the weekday strings stored in your operating system: totally ripped-off from Terry Vogelaar - Thanks Terry. It's called DAYS OF THE WEEK (noted for my obscure titling policy). Love, Richmond __ See Mathewson's software at: http://members.maclaunch.com/richmond/default.htmland http://www.runrev.com/Revolution1/developercentral/usercontributions.html __ --- Great Macintosh Products The MacLaunch Store! http://www.maclaunch.com/cgi-launch/store/agora.cgi --- ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: System language
I must admit I didn't really follow this thread, but I know a silly way to find out (maybe it is not mentioned before): get the system weekdaynames if sunday is among the words of it then put English into the SysLang if zondag is among the words of it then put Dutch into the SysLang Don't expect sunday to always be the first line; Australian systems sometimes start with saturday. Terry ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: System Language
Thanks Alex for clearing up the issue. I'm actually expecting Raney will chime in at some point and tell us that it's a bug in OS X not anything with Australians being a day ahead of the pack ;-) Cheers beers from down under Monte ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: System Language
Maybe it's another setting that's changed? Actually I think that for some reason the engine thinks my system is en_us even though I have the little Australian flag in the menubar. My Australian XP and OS X systems both have Sunday as the first line of the weekdayNames Hi Again, Monte, Since I don't have an Australian OS, I asked Igor Couto in Sydney to test this with system weekDayNames. His response(s): It returns: Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Odd, why is Saturday the first day? I'll switch system languages, and see if the same happens with them... and I am using MacOS X, 10.2. I tried switching the system language to Brazilian Portuguese, Australian English and Esperanto, and the result of weeDayNames is always the same list - always starting with 'Saturday', and always in English... There is definitely something amiss somewhere. -- Rob Cozens CCW, Serendipity Software Company http://www.oenolog.com/who.htm And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three; Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee. from The Triple Foole by John Donne (1572-1631) ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: System Language
My Australian XP and OS X systems both have Sunday as the first line of the weekdayNames Hi Monte, From Matt Denton on March 29th: On my OSX System, 10.1.3 put the system WeekdayNames returns: Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday and put the WeekdayNames returns: Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday -- Rob Cozens CCW, Serendipity Software Company http://www.oenolog.com/who.htm And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three; Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee. from The Triple Foole by John Donne (1572-1631) ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: System Language
Recently, Monte Goulding wrote: I just found this gem from Scott Rossi on the list archives: http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/metacard/2002-August/002245.html Does anyone know how to get this data for Mac systems? I've asked several developer colleagues about this without success, and wound up pursuing a contact at Apple to see if there is anything like the above available on the Mac. I have yet to get a response, but if I hear anything I'll pass it on to the list. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, Multimedia Design - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: http://www.tactilemedia.com ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: System Language
Thanks Scott I actually think it's something that should be a built in function. Particularly for MacOS as the engine does not hide the language menu. But if there is an applescript/file based or shell solution then I'm eager to hear it. Cheers Monte -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Scott Rossi Sent: Wednesday, 4 December 2002 5:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: System Language Recently, Monte Goulding wrote: I just found this gem from Scott Rossi on the list archives: http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/metacard/2002-August/002245.html Does anyone know how to get this data for Mac systems? I've asked several developer colleagues about this without success, and wound up pursuing a contact at Apple to see if there is anything like the above available on the Mac. I have yet to get a response, but if I hear anything I'll pass it on to the list. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, Multimedia Design - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: http://www.tactilemedia.com ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: System Language
Does anyone know how to get this data for Mac systems? A silly but maybe useful workaround could be to ask the system weekDayNames. But that is only useful to choose between a few languages. If it contains Saturday it is English, Zaterdag is Dutch, etc. Don't expect Sunday to be the first day of the list everyware. Australian systems start with Saturday for example. Terry ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: System Language
My Australian XP and OS X systems both have Sunday as the first line of the weekdayNames -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Terry Vogelaar Sent: Wednesday, 4 December 2002 12:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: System Language Does anyone know how to get this data for Mac systems? A silly but maybe useful workaround could be to ask the system weekDayNames. But that is only useful to choose between a few languages. If it contains Saturday it is English, Zaterdag is Dutch, etc. Don't expect Sunday to be the first day of the list everyware. Australian systems start with Saturday for example. Terry ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: System Language (and user defaults in mac os x)
On Tuesday, December 3, 2002, at 07:12 PM, Monte Goulding wrote: I actually think it's something that should be a built in function. Particularly for MacOS as the engine does not hide the language menu. But if there is an applescript/file based or shell solution then I'm eager to hear it. In OS X, the user's language preferences are accessible via the UserDefaults system, which you can access via the shell. Or via my Cocoa-Revolution bridging external which doesn't exist yet ;-) However, from the shell type the command: defaults read NSGlobalDomain You will see an AppleLanguages array in the listing. AppleLanguages = ( English, German, French, Dutch, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, etc... ); This array is the preferred order for languages as set in the International | Language system preferences pane. Note that it's an ordered preference; so the Finder, System, etc will use the 1st languages, but your applications will be localized depending if they support any of the prioritized languages. Other fancy stuff: defaults read NSGlobalDomain global-defs.plist open global-defs.plist OR to browse all of your user defaults for all of your apps: defaults read defs.plist open defs.plist The open command opens the Apple PropertyList Editor with the plist in an outline view. From there you can save it out as XML. Or just browse it. The new UserDefaults system is very good and I highly recommend developers to start using it once Revolution can hook into it; or even use if from the shell via the defaults command. Compliant apps save their user defaults under a domain named tld.domain.AppName e.g. com.mindlube.Slacker. Although if you are going for more cross-platform ease then using a rev stack or text file for saving user defaults probably makes more sense. Alex Rice, Software Developer Architectural Research Consultants, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: System Language (and user defaults in mac os x)
Great! AppleLanguages = ( English, German, French, Dutch, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, etc... ); I'll parse that. Just need something for OS 9 and my apps can check and load correct language at startup. COOL!!! Cheers Monte ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
