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    From Fernando Toledo@4:902/26 to Tim Schattkowsk on Sunday, December 01, 2024 23:52:03
    At Z4 we are interested in collaborating with the Spanish translation. Unfortunately we don't know German, but we can do it from the English version. It would be nice if the code was available in a repo (for example git or similar) so we could send pull requests.
    It seemed to me that there are still strings that are "hard coded" because I can't find them in the .INI files.
    I hope you can publish the source code so we can try to improve winpoint.

    Saludos!

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  • From Tim Schattkowsky@2:310/31.6 to Fernando Toledo on Wednesday, December 04, 2024 12:04:49
    //Hello Fernando,//

    on *02.12.24* at *2:52:03* You wrote in Area *WINPOINT*
    to *Tim Schattkowsk* about *"Spanish translation"*.

    At Z4 we are interested in collaborating with the Spanish translation.

    That would be great. Hate that incomplete thing.

    Unfortunately we don't know German, but we can do it from the English version.

    That would be perfectly fine.

    It seemed to me that there are still strings that are "hard coded"
    because I can't find them in the .INI files.

    As far as I recall, everything except the Hatch Assistent and the File Request Editor (which could use some rework anyway) should be fully translatable through the .INI files. Can you give an example of what you have been looking for?

    Have you also checked the English .INI, which is my reference for translation? I may not have updated the Spanish .INI in some cases.

    I hope you can publish the
    source code so we can try to improve winpoint.

    Unfortunately, WP still relies on commercial components from the past, so I cannot publish the code.

    Regards,
    Tim

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  • From August Abolins@2:221/360 to Tim Schattkowsky on Thursday, December 05, 2024 04:02:12
    On Wed, 4 Dec 2024 10:04:48 +0100
    "Tim Schattkowsky -> Fernando Toledo" <6@31.310.2> wrote:

    Have you also checked the English .INI, which is my reference for translation? I may not have updated the Spanish .INI in some cases.

    BTW.. this in the lang_Español.ini file:

    MSG_UnknownAddr=Please set up a Mailbox for %s or update your nodelists to include that system!

    Nice to see multi-lang support with simply the .INI

    Could a Latvian.INI (Latviešu.INI) be utilized the same way?

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  • From Tim Schattkowsky@2:310/31.6 to August Abolins on Tuesday, December 10, 2024 15:41:12
    //Hello August,//

    on *05.12.24* at *2:02:12* You wrote in Area *WINPOINT*
    to *Tim Schattkowsky* about *"Re: <other-lang> translation"*.

    Have you also checked the English .INI, which is my reference for
    translation? I may not have updated the Spanish .INI in some cases.
    BTW.. this in the lang_Español.ini file:
    MSG_UnknownAddr=Please set up a Mailbox for %s or update your nodelists
    to include that system!

    I know. I added lot of more translatable text after the spanish file was created. However, at a certain point I stopped copying over the placeholders from the english files. I would suggest anybody to use the english or german files for reference as the spanish one may be incomplete.


    Nice to see multi-lang support with simply the .INI
    Could a Latvian.INI (Latviešu.INI) be utilized the same way?

    Sure. Should be named lang_Latvian.INI (if I recall correctly).

    Regards,
    Tim

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