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

[Joshua Pettus]

I’m starting to believe the issue is macports. No matter what I do, recompile 
gtk2 with DGTK_LOCALE flag, define GTK_LOCALE in code,  it still checks 
/opt/local/share/locale for the files…I’ve tied every config file I can think 
of.  From what I have seen from the code, it looks like the quartz version 
should just work.  by checking the bundle’s resources/share/locale folder.  But 
I can’t figure out what’s stoping it.

I’m really starting to like that custom button option now. :) whenever we get 
to it, of course. No hurry.

Regards,
Josh

On Oct 6, 2014, at 4:48 PM, H.G. Muller <address@hidden> wrote:

> 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
>> 
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