How to translate some default dialogs ?

[Thierry Arbellot]

Actually, it's not a dummy folder, but the way OSX manages 
multi-languages app.
For each language supported by the app, a folder - which name is the 
language name - is created
and all translated resources are copied inside this folder.
You can have as many folders as you like in the same app.
OSX will use the default language you have defined in the system 
preferences - international.
Even if the folder is empty - that means no resource was localized - 
OSX will display at last the system messages, menus... in this language.

This feature is used by Apple app, like Mail and Safari.
You can open the packages to see how it's done.

Regards,

Thierry.

On Sunday, September 7, 2003, at 10:44 PM, Klaus Major wrote:

> Bon soir Thierry,
>
>> bonjour Charles,
>>
>> I have a solution to have all system messages, menus (like App menu, 
>> Quit, Help),
>> file selection dialog, etc.. in your preferred language, the one you 
>> have defined in the system preferences :
>>
>> Quit Revolution
>> Open the Revolution folder
>> Select the Revolution app and show the package contents
>> Open the Contents then the Resources folder
>> Create inside the Resources folder a new folder, name it 
>> "French.lproj"
>>
>> From now, your copy of Revolution should display some menus and 
>> messages in French.
>>
>> Rebuild your app (Revolution will copy the French.lproj folder in 
>> your app package)
>>
>> Your app should display systems menus, messages in French.
>>
>> Hope it answers your question.
>
> This is waaaaaaay coooool :-)
>
> Thanks a lot for sharing this jewel.
>
> Works also fine with a "German.lproj" :-)
> I didn't know about this "dummy" folder...
>
> Now at last i have a german "Beenden" instead of "Quit" :-)
>
>> Bonne chance.
>>
>> Thierry.
>
> Regards
>
> Klaus Major
> klaus at major-k.de
> www.major-k.de
>
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