Re: [XBoard-devel] Gettext localization will work with the osx app!

[H.G. Muller]

OK, I see. But when you start to mess with GTK's internals, like the place where it stores its data, I guess there would be no alternative to recompiling it yourself with the necessary changes.

What exactly are the problem area's? Is it just the texts on OK and Cancel button? I think we can live with that. And there is only a single place in the entire code where they are generated, btw, which is GenericPopUp() in xoptions.c. Rather than asking for a "stock OK" button, we might be able to change the code there to ask for a custom button with our own text "OK" on it, which we would subject to translation through the XBoard .mo files.

In fact the stock OK & Cancel supplied by GTK are a pain anyway, as they cannot be made to appear on the same row as any custom dialog buttons now, like was possible with Xaw, and many dialogs do have enough space for that, and now take extra valuable height. (I cannot even test the Match dialog on my virtual machine, because the OK button is always out of view...)

Don't want to do that for 4.8.0, though.

H.G.

Joshua Pettus schreef op 10/6/2014 10:03 PM:

Thanks H.G.

I understand, completely, no worries. The bundle ideally contains all libraries and resources to run the app.  It’s like a self-contained microcosm.   Kinda defeats the purpose of the dylib. But there you have it. For the record, the app is about 25mb. :)    But that’s tiny compared to some apps.   SCID for Mac is 90mb 40 of which are libraries.  GTK and it’s resources are included in the bundle. So all someone has to do is click on it, and it will run.  Otherwise they would have to install GTK themselves, and I can vouch what a pain that is.

Best Regards,

Josh