Hi Xavier -
Yep, that did it. The translations are working now. Thanks! It's so simple -
no wonder I missed it.
I added the "language" line to the 'basics' section of my layouts. That way
it propagates to all of the layouts I use.
I will make the change to my master files.
--
Bill Gee
On Friday, February 8, 2019 6:13:40 PM CST Xavier Robert via Therion wrote:
> Hi Bill,
>
> I had a quick look on you thconfig. The definition of the new custom legend
> seems OK.
> But, in your layout "MainMapNoColor" and "MainMapColorized", you need to add
> the language definition with the option "language en_US". If you do not add
> this option, therion seems to not use the en_US by default, and thus your
> custom legend is not taken in account.
>
> See the thconfig in attachement.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Xav
>
>
> De: "Bruce Mutton via Therion" <therion@speleo.sk>
> À: "List for Therion users" <therion@speleo.sk>
> Cc: "Bruce Mutton" <br...@tomo.co.nz>
> Envoyé: Vendredi 8 Février 2019 18:07:23
> Objet: Re: [Therion] Changing text on the legend
>
>
>
> Hi Bill
>
> Not sure what is going wrong (just perused your files, I have not compiled
> them).
>
> I have had no such problems, and cannot see any significant differences to
> what I am doing for symbols that do not exist as a Therion default , although
> I have only user defined points and lines, not areas.
>
>
>
> Here are some examples that work in my thconfig file just fine (rope is
> perhaps a bad example, as I think it is now a default symbol, however it was
> not when I first created this many years ago).
>
> text en "line u:rope" "rope" #text to appear in legend
>
> text mi "line u:rope" "taura"
>
> text fr "line u:rope" "corde"
>
> text en "line u:heyphone" "hey phone antenna"
>
>
>
> In the particular case of rope, have small differences associated with symbol
> definition, that I don’t expect are relevant, but maybe…
>
> 1. No semi colon after initsymbol (seems like it is a mistake on my part,
> but it seems like it has not ever caused me problems).
> 2. I have defined the ‘shape’ of the symbol in the legend.
>
>
>
>
> initsymbol("l_u_rope")
>
>
>
> def l_u_rope_legend =
>
> l_u_rope(((.2,.2) -- (.8,.8)) inscale)
>
> enddef;
>
>
>
> Don’t expect this will help, but maybe…
>
> Bruce
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Therion <therion-boun...@speleo.sk> On Behalf Of Bill Gee via Therion
> Sent: Saturday, 9 February 2019 10:01
> To: therion@speleo.sk
> Cc: Bill Gee <b...@campercaver.net>
> Subject: [Therion] Changing text on the legend
>
>
>
> Hello everyone -
>
>
>
> This has been annoying me for a while. Time to see if there is a fix ...
>
>
>
> I have defined quite a few custom symbols, and I have redefined some of the
> symbols that are included with Therion. When Therion prints the legend, those
> symbols get labels like "area u:pavement".
>
>
>
> I added some text lines to the thconfig file, but that has no effect. A close
> reading of the Therion Book tells me that text substitution only works for
> text strings that are part of the language pack. That implies it does NOT
> work to re-label symbols in the legend. Is that true?
>
>
>
> The attached file is a sample cave. The PDF file shows the incorrect strings
> in the legend. The two custom symbols on this map are defined below.
>
>
>
> code metapost
>
> # Define an area fill for pavement
>
> beginpattern(pattern_pavement);
>
> draw (-0.7u, -0.2u)--(-0.1u, 0.2u) withpen pensquare scaled (0.04u);
>
> draw (0.1u, 0.2u)--(0.7u, -0.2u) withpen pensquare scaled (0.04u);
>
> patternxstep(1.6u);
>
> patternystep(0.50u);
>
> endpattern;
>
>
>
> def a_u_pavement (expr Path) =
>
> T:=identity;
>
> thclean Path;
>
> thfill Path withpattern pattern_pavement;
>
> enddef;
>
>
>
> # Define an area fill for tiled floor
>
> beginpattern(pattern_tiles);
>
> draw (-0.1u, -0.1u)--(-0.1u, 0.1u)--(0.1u, 0.1u)--(0.1u, -0.1u)--cycle;
>
> patternxstep(0.3u);
>
> patternystep(0.3u);
>
> endpattern;
>
>
>
> def a_u_tiles (expr Path) =
>
> T:= identity;
>
> thclean Path;
>
> thfill Path withpattern pattern_tiles;
>
> enddef;
>
>
>
>
>
> # Initialize the new symbols
>
> initsymbol ("a_u_pavement");
>
> initsymbol ("a_u_tiles");
>
>
>
> endcode
>
>
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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