1. Who are these "Powers That Be"? 2. Yes, adding the "-loc" switch would only be necessary when using the WixUI.wixlib. The "break" here is that previously, you didn't need to use "-loc" with the WixUI.wixlib. I think the -loc switch is the right way to solve this problem. Bob asked me if he should just check it in and I told him he should ask wix-users to make sure everyone here is okay with his change.
3. It is a toss up in my mind whether to build many different localized versions of the WixUI.wixlibs or have one WixUI.wixlib and many different .wxl files to fill in the blanks. 4. If we end up with enough content over time, I think the idea of a separate "content" .zip file is a great idea. Bob's work on WixUI was supposed to point us in that direction and I think it has done a good job of that. With WiX v3, Derek has started some work to make it really easy to have an "all-in-one" .wixlib. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DEÁK JAHN, Gábor Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 8:00 AM To: WiX-devs Subject: Re: WiX v2 & WiX v3 (was: [WiX-devs] RFC: WixUI localization changes) On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 12:15:24 +0100, Frederik Carlier wrote: Frederik, > As for the -loc switch, if I get it correct, you should see this as > a change in WiXUI and not WiX itself. Frederik has a point here, I didn't think about it myself. This requirement for a -loc to be specified only applies to projects using WixUI, doesn't it? If this is so, he is right: due to the recent appearance of WixUI, there aren't too many projects to break out there in the wild. But if this still is considered to be evil by the Powers That Be, what about another suggestion? Let's come up with a set of localized language files plus a list of simple steps required to build the three WixUI .wixlibs with the localized language file of choice for everybody. Not the complete environment, NAnt and the kitchen sink, if possible, but a couple of steps required to build the library (I'll look into this myself this evening). Then I could just publish this procedure for anybody to build their localized UI libraries. This way, we could have our cake and eat it, too: easy and pre-fabricated localization for everybody, free for the asking. Come to think of it, what about something even simpler: pre-building those libraries and placing them into a third .zip for download? Then anybody fancying a localized installer could simply download that package, extract the library required, link against it and be done with it? Bye, Gábor ------------------------------------------------------------------- DEÁK JAHN, Gábor -- Budapest, Hungary E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ WiX-devs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-devs ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idv37&alloc_id865&op=click _______________________________________________ WiX-devs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-devs
