On 04.02.2013 09:47, Michael T. Pope wrote:
>
> On Mon, 4 Feb 2013 08:25:02 AM Michael Vehrs wrote:
>
> > The IzPack way is to write a desktop entry template for every supported
>
> > language... However, there does not seem to be any way to include 
> multiple > languages in a single desktop entry file, although the 
> standard clearly
>
> > supports this.
>
> Quite so. A quick grep in /usr/share/applications turns up many 
> examples of multilingual .desktop files. Here is the top of a small one.
>
> [Desktop Entry]
>
> Name=Audacity
>
> Name[de]=Audacity
>
> Name[ru]=Audacity
>
> GenericName=Sound Editor
>
> GenericName[de]=Audio-Editor
>
> GenericName[ru]=Редактор звуковых файлов
>
> Comment=Record and edit audio files with multitrack capability
>
> Comment[de]=Audio-Dateien aufnehmen und bearbeiten
>
> Comment[ru]=Запись и редактирование звуковых файлов
>
> > Unless I have missed some nook
>
> > or cranny of the installation process, the only way to fix this is to
>
> > rewrite the installer. I'm not yet sure whether this is feasible.
>
> Can we generate a fully multilingual .desktop, but tell izPack to just 
> install it as is? There must be some way of convincing it a file does 
> not need i18n or it would be trying to translate the .jars:-).
>

The problem here is to convince the installer to put it in the right place.

> Either way, I do not think this feature merits rewriting the 
> installer. We have harder FreeCol-specific problems.
>

I shouldn't have said rewrite. I merely meant to patch a single class. 
However, I still have one idea how the installer might be tricked.

> Cheers,
>
> Mike Pope
>


Regards

Michael

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