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- HOW TO create MusicManIII.catalog-files
- =======================================
-
- To create a MusicManIII.catalog-file for a new
- language you have to
-
- * copy "MMIII_locale.ct" to
- "MMIII_locale_#?.ct"
- where "#?" stands for the desired language
- * translate the new created file
- * compile the translated file
- * that's it
-
-
-
- HOW TO translate
- ----------------
- ".ct"-files (ct=Catalog Translation) are organized
- as follows:
-
- * the first 2 lines contain the header.
- here you only have to fill in the day of creating
- the catalog (xx.xx.xx) and the language the
- file contains. See your Workbench's "Locale" prefs
- editor to find out valid language names!
-
- * lines with semi-colons (;) are comments.
- NO empty lines are allowed with one exception:
- some lines end with "\" which means that they are
- continued in the next line. These lines are used for
- titles of groups (e.g. "Sources" in mixed prefs).
- Don't forget them!
-
- I've added comments saying what part of MusicManIII
- the following strings belong to so that it's a bit
- easier for you.
-
- * lines ending with "_msg" are string descriptors:
- the following line is empty -> fill in your translation here
- after this line the original (english) text follows
- to help you what you have to translate.
-
-
- Note:
-
- * take care that you don't use too long translations or
- you won't be able to compile!
- to find out what's the limit for the strings you'll
- have to load "MMIII_locale.cd" (cd=Catalog
- Description). You'll see something like "(1//30)"
- after the string's descriptor (#?_msg) which means:
- "1" is the number of the string.
- "30" is the limit for the length of the string.
- DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!!!
-
- * pull-down-menus:
- if you want to add a shortcut to an item you have
- to put the letter as the character of the string,
- than "\0" and now the name of the item.
- TAKE CARE THAT YOU DO NOT USE A SHORTCUT TWICE!!!
-
- * gadgets:
- if you want to add a shortcut to gadgets you have
- to put "_" before the wanted letter in the string.
- TAKE CARE THAT YOU DO NOT USE A SHORTCUT TWICE!!!
-
- * text:
- some text may contain special characters like
- "%d", "%s", "\n", "\t" etc. ( "C" like ).
- - those starting with "%" insert some other text
- DO NOT FORGET THEM!!!
-
- - "\n" inserts a newline and "\t" insert a tab.
- use them for e.g. long information.
-
-
-
-
- HOW TO compile the translated file
- ----------------------------------
- use the included "CComp"-programm:
-
- type the following string in a CLI-window with the
- current path on the directory where your translation files
- etc. are and press return:
-
- "CComp MMIII_locale.cd MMIII_locale_#?.ct
- MusicManIII.catalog"
-
- if there were no errors (e.g. too long translations)
- you can copy the new MusicManIII.catalog to the directory
- where your other catalogs are.
- if you now start MusicManIII it'll start up in the new
- language!
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