Re: [discuss] Loading localization strings at runtime

2006-03-24 Thread Mathias Bauer
Tony Pursell wrote: On 23 Mar 2006 at 12:59, Mathias Bauer wrote: At least inside OOo you can switch languages under Tools-Options-Language Settings. And there is also a setting But my point is that this is a long and cumbersome way to change language AND relies on the user knowing

Re: [discuss] Loading localization strings at runtime

2006-03-23 Thread Mathias Bauer
Lars D. Noodén wrote: How feasible would it be for OOo to load strings (e.g. menu labels and dialog messages) at runtime? Apparently Opera does this already, see xx.lng where xx is the two letter ISO-639 language code. Having strings load at runtime would allow the end user to further

Re: [discuss] Loading localization strings at runtime

2006-03-23 Thread Jonathon Blake
Tony wrote: Is that something worth adding to a wish list for some future revision? If you want to swap language you need enough understanding of the current language to go through the following longwinded process: Does anybody know why the code used in OOo 1.1.3-ZA to switch languages was

Re: [discuss] Loading localization strings at runtime

2006-03-23 Thread Lars D . Noodén
On Thu, 23 Mar 2006, Mathias Bauer wrote: [snip] Do you mean OOo should load its strings from editable text files to make it easier to change them? Well, at least for menus we already do this, nor for dialogs. [snip] That is what I meant. It would be useful if the dialogs and help text also

Re: [discuss] Loading localization strings at runtime

2006-03-23 Thread Mathias Bauer
Jonathon Blake wrote: Tony wrote: Is that something worth adding to a wish list for some future revision? If you want to swap language you need enough understanding of the current language to go through the following longwinded process: Does anybody know why the code used in OOo

Re: [discuss] Loading localization strings at runtime

2006-03-23 Thread Mathias Bauer
Lars D. Noodén wrote: On Thu, 23 Mar 2006, Mathias Bauer wrote: [snip] Do you mean OOo should load its strings from editable text files to make it easier to change them? Well, at least for menus we already do this, nor for dialogs. [snip] That is what I meant. It would be useful if the

Re: [discuss] Loading localization strings at runtime

2006-03-23 Thread Tony Pursell
On 23 Mar 2006 at 12:59, Mathias Bauer wrote: At least inside OOo you can switch languages under Tools-Options-Language Settings. And there is also a setting But my point is that this is a long and cumbersome way to change language AND relies on the user knowing enough of the current

Re: [discuss] Loading localization strings at runtime

2006-03-21 Thread Ivo Hinkelmann
Hi Lars, in fact I am working on such a feature allowing in a spezial debug version to modify strings in a text file that are displayed after a restart. But please do not ask me when this feature is available and working for all kind of resource types. Cheers, Ivo Lars D. Noodén wrote:

Re: [discuss] Loading localization strings at runtime

2006-03-21 Thread Lars D . Noodén
Thanks. I'm glad it's being worked on. -Lars Lars Noodén ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Keep the market open by keeping software patents out (deadline 31 Mar 2006): http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/indprop/patent/consultation_en.htm On Tue, 21 Mar 2006, Ivo Hinkelmann

Re: [discuss] Loading localization strings at runtime

2006-03-19 Thread Tony Pursell
On 18 Mar 2006 at 9:18, Lars D. Noodén wrote: This was brought up on the OOo-Users list and then in a discussion offlist: How feasible would it be for OOo to load strings (e.g. menu labels and dialog messages) at runtime? Apparently Opera does this already, see xx.lng where xx is the two

[discuss] Loading localization strings at runtime

2006-03-18 Thread Lars D . Noodén
This was brought up on the OOo-Users list and then in a discussion offlist: How feasible would it be for OOo to load strings (e.g. menu labels and dialog messages) at runtime? Apparently Opera does this already, see xx.lng where xx is the two letter ISO-639 language code. Having strings load