Re: base library Localizable.strings

[Adam Fedor]

Nicola Pero wrote:

> But work on this has already been initiated in the base library, except
> the file is called Localizable.strings - this doesn't look right, because
> the gui library will have its own file and it must go in the same
> directory - so I would rather call them something like
>
> BaseLocalizable.strings
> GuiLocalizable.strings
> XgpsLocalizable.strings
>
> or something similar (suggestions welcome).
>
> Can I rename the base library Localizable.strings to
> BaseLocalizable.strings ?  Any reasons why I shouldnt' ?

It's tough because we don't have the libraries stored as frameworks. At 
least you'll have to change the table name internally in the base 
library (like in NSString.m).

I think it would be rare for a developer to access the base/gui/etc 
licalized strings, but it could happen. I don't know how to handle that. 
Perhaps when someone tries to get the localized strings for a particular 
"framwork", NSBundle would internally translate the table to the correct 
one, e.g.

str = [[NSBundle bundleForClass: [NSString class]]
                    localizedStringForKey: NSASCIIStringEncoding
                                    value: nil
                                    table: nil]

would get the correct table (BaseLocalizable.strings).



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