Ben, Consider trying out to make it rtoL a priority, please. Tiny portable applications in RtoL scripts have a role way beyond the curiosity value.
Wrt widgets - you might get a pleasant surprise - When Karl and I looked at Gnomesword he thought (+ was worried )of the long work DM had to put in to BD to make it work. Then it turned out that the GTK libraries did most of the job out of the box. Peter Ben Morgan wrote: > Hi Peter, > > Currently translations are not possible - but 0.4 should have support for > them. > > I'd like to see BPBible as an official PortableApp - which requires i18n > support for a few different languages. Languages needing support include (I > think) Chinese (simplified), English, French, German, Japanese and possibly > Italian. I was chatting with the main PortableApp person and he said he > could provide translators to help with this. He also said people have been > asking for some portable Bible Software. What he was suggesting was > distributing bpbible with 1 bible - others could be added on if needed. I > think there is a Bible in for each language of these - though some are in > beta. > > Back to the XRC question - some of the menus are done via XRC files - other > bits aren't (they are in the python code). I'd just use python's gettext > support for them I think. (xrc does let you do translation, I believe) > > However, none of these languages are RtoL - RtoL is a bit problematic, due > to limitations in the html widget. It's hard to know how well it works > without trying it. > > God Bless, > Ben > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, > but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, > but that all should reach repentance. > 2 Peter 3:9 (ESV) > > On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 11:21 AM, Peter von Kaehne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Just had a look at the source code. >> >> Am I right that all menus etc are constructed via the XRC files? How and >> where would you put translations? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org >> http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel >> Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
