On Do, 2008-09-18 at 09:58 +0200, Michael Stefaniuc wrote: > there is no point in adding new resources in English to the other > languages rc files. If a resource doesn't exist Win32 will automatically > fail over to use the en_US version.
According to julliard a while ago, this is not the case. Strings for sure will not fallback, when a group is present, but incomplete. (The last digit of the resource-id is the index in the group) For dialogs, I'm not sure, how large the group is. > Actually its even detrimental to add the new resources as: > a.) http://pf128.krakow.sdi.tpnet.pl/wine-transl/ cannot show those > resources as untranslated. That's a known missing feature > b.) The copied English resources have a tendency to bit-rot. That's a known risk. > c.) The patch is smaller and offers the exact same functionality. Smaller: Yes Same functionality: Not always -- By by ... Detlef