Re: [Vala] Writing objects to files

2018-03-28 Thread Christian Hergert
On 03/28/2018 10:44 AM, Steven Oliver wrote: > > On the other hand, though, if you throw in some kind of data structure > besides your basic types (int, string, etc.) it completely fails. https://developer.gnome.org/json-glib/stable/json-glib-Serializable-Interface.html#JsonSerializableIface If

Re: [Vala] vala-list Digest, Vol 124, Issue 13

2018-03-28 Thread Al Thomas via vala-list
> On Wednesday, 28 March 2018, 18:03:44 BST, Fernando Silva wrote: > I bet this could be decided based on locale with gettext Now, there's a challenge :) Gettext is very good with plurals (https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/Plural-forms.html).I

Re: [Vala] vala-list Digest, Vol 124, Issue 13

2018-03-28 Thread Fernando Silva
I bet this could be decided based on locale with gettext 2018-03-28 9:00 GMT-03:00 : > Send vala-list mailing list submissions to > vala-list@gnome.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >

Re: [Vala] Date format

2018-03-28 Thread Al Thomas via vala-list
On Wednesday, 28 March 2018, 11:50:33 BST, rastersoft wrote: > Yes, but the problem is that, in Spain, we use the opposite format: we write first the day's number, > then the month's name, and finally the year, so I need to know if in my current locale I have > to "%B

Re: [Vala] Date format

2018-03-28 Thread rastersoft
Hi: > Also, what > I really want is the date in the format "March 5, 2018", not "03/05/18", > but it seems that only %c does that, but adds a lot of extra data that I > don't want like the time zone. As Christian Hergert suggests, DateTime is very useful. This works for me: void main () {  

Re: [Vala] Date format

2018-03-28 Thread Al Thomas via vala-list
> On Wednesday, 28 March 2018, 11:15:48 BST, rastersoft wrote: >> Pass "%x" for the format string. > I used that, but the year is printed with only two digits... Also, what > I really want is the date in the format "March 5, 2018", not "03/05/18", > but it seems that

Re: [Vala] Date format

2018-03-28 Thread rastersoft
Hi: Is it possible to print from a GLib.Date only the date, without the day of week, neither the time, nor timezone? Nearly a decade ago, I created GDateTime for GLib to give people a modern API for dealing with these types of problems. In fact I'm already using GDateTime, sorry. But I still

Re: [Vala] Date format

2018-03-28 Thread rastersoft
El 28/03/18 a las 02:46, Nor Jaidi Tuah escribió: Is it possible to print from a GLib.Date only the date, without the day of week, neither the time, nor timezone? https://valadoc.org/glib-2.0/GLib.Date.strftime.html Pass "%x" for the format string. I used that, but the year is printed with