Hello Jim, I am a native Hungarian speaker (despite bearing a first name of Slavic origin). If you need help in translating anything to Hungarian, just tell me, I'll gladly help
Regards, Vacek Jim Hall via Freedos-devel <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> ezt írta (időpont: 2024. máj. 3., Pén 2:05): > Good "netiquette" is to only discuss one topic per email thread, so I > started a new thread for Runtime: > > On Thu, May 2, 2024 at 4:12 PM Eric Auer via Freedos-devel > <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > [..] > > *Runtime* > > > > Jim's version is a small C program, 120 lines, using catgets > > for messages which can be translated in different languages. > > The binary is a 22kB EXE (31kB without UPX). There were text > > files with EN, RU, DE, HU and LV translations, I believe? > > > > My version is a small ASM program, made with NASM. It has > > a main file, circa 450 lines, and a language include file, > > circa 150 lines, which at the moment contains EN, DE, NL, > > PT, ES, FR, TR, IT, PL and RU messages :-) To add languages, > > you have to build a new binary. Not very hard, but harder > > than just editing a text file which can be used by CATGETS. > > The binary is a 2kB COM (3kB without UPX). > > > > Note that texts in all 10 language are INCLUDED in the 2kB > > COM file of my tiny version. No separate NLS files there. > > > > As a task left as an exercise for the user, one could port > > the C version to Tom's small KITTEN alternative to CATGETS. > > > > My preferred option would be to add HU and LV translations > > to my small RUNTIME and use that instead of the big one ;-) > > > > > I wrote the Runtime program, so I guess I'll speak to that. > > This is a very old program. I don't remember why I wrote it, but I'm > sure I was doing some debugging on a program and was trying to > fine-tune the performance, and needed a way to test how long it took > to run after making improvements. There are lots of programs out there > to track the run-time of a program on DOS, and I probably gave a quick > look around - but decided it would be just as easy to write my own for > what I needed to do. It was just a quick program that I probably wrote > in ten minutes. > > And I probably released it in case it was useful to someone else. I > don't think I intended it to become part of the distribution, but it > did. > > I just looked at the zip file for Runtime 1.0. It's a very simple > program, just sets a timer, runs a program, then reports how long the > program ran. > > > That's the long version to say: I don't have a particularly strong > opinion to keep the old Runtime in the distribution. We can swap it > out. > > I looked at your Runtime, and the messages are very simple: > > > 1. seconds [as in, 'this ran in 4 seconds] > > 2. passed [as in, '4 seconds have passed'] > > 3. a 1-line "about" message > > 4. a 1-line "usage" message > > 5. a 1-line "information" message > > 6. a "COMSPEC not found" error message > > > So it's just 6 messages, which seems right. It's not a very complicated > program. > > > I'm in favor to swap out the old Runtime with this Runtime. No issues > here. I think it would be great to have those 6 messages translated > into the missing HU and LV translations, but I don't think we need to > "wait" for those messages to get translated. > > What do others think? You can "+1" if you just want to agree to swap > out my old Runtime with Eric's newer Runtime. > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel >
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