Re: [sword-devel] Front-end localization during installation?

2011-02-19 Thread Karl Kleinpaste
To expand on Matthew a bit... It is an extraordinarily Windows-centric view, that we should try to do something _for one user_ during software installation _for the machine_. Let the application figure out user-specific stuff when the user runs it. In Linux, Xiphos (or BibleTime, or anything els

Re: [sword-devel] Front-end localization during installation?

2011-02-19 Thread Matthew Talbert
> I believe that anything that uses the NSIS installer can do this. I think > this is the case for BibleCS and BibleDesktop. The trick is to only use the > NSIS provided, stock messages. Note: this only applies to installation on > Windows. I believe that David is talking about setting the *app

Re: [sword-devel] Front-end localization during installation?

2011-02-19 Thread Greg Hellings
On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 2:55 PM, DM Smith wrote: > I believe that anything that uses the NSIS installer can do this. I think > this is the case for BibleCS and BibleDesktop. The trick is to only use the > NSIS provided, stock messages. Note: this only applies to installation on > Windows. > > B

Re: [sword-devel] Front-end localization during installation?

2011-02-19 Thread DM Smith
I believe that anything that uses the NSIS installer can do this. I think this is the case for BibleCS and BibleDesktop. The trick is to only use the NSIS provided, stock messages. Note: this only applies to installation on Windows. BibleDesktop, by default, will use the user's locale in determi

[sword-devel] Front-end localization during installation?

2011-02-19 Thread David Haslam
A good topic for consideration is to lessen the reliance on knowing the English language for those front-ends that already have support for changing locale. I've come across several applications (unrelated to Bible software) in which the installation process gives the user the opportunity to choo