Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 16:51:06 +0200 (CEST) From: Philippe CASIDY <pcasidy@worldnet.fr> To: Sebastien.Gioria@FranceNet.fr Cc: freebsd-install@freebsd.org, jkh@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Status of sysinstall ? Message-ID: <199908041451.QAA02766@greatoak.home> In-Reply-To: <199908040806.KAA00526@greatoak.home>
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On 4 Aug, Philippe CASIDY wrote:
> On 3 Aug, Sebastien GIORIA wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 03, 1999 at 03:57:13PM +0200, the keyboard of Philippe CASIDY write:
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> If I read the man page about sysinstall, I can read :
>>>
>>> BUGS
>>> This utility is a prototype which lasted approximately 3 years past its
>>> expiration date and is greatly in need of death.
>>>
>>> If there something currently being developped to replace it?
>>>
>>> My may concern is to know if this tool is worth being improved!
>>
>> Particulary for supporting the multi-lingual. We (French Doc Project)
>> are very interesst for the internationalising of this tools..
>>
>>
> I will have a look about how to make it possible!
>
>
[is it the right list to discuss about this?]
I spent a few time looking into the sources of sysinstall. It is "quite"
easy to make a French version : moving all the texts in a separate
file and to compile either a French or English version using a macro
definition. I think that for PAO, they just translate the text but I am
not sure : I hav to get hand on PAO sysinstall sources.
The most interesting is having a multi-lingual tool. Let the user
select which language he wants and then dynamically change the text.
But unfortunately, it requires huge code rework I cannot evaluate now.
The problem is that most (if not all) of the texts are declared in
static structure:
DMenu MenuInitial = {
DMENU_NORMAL_TYPE,
"/stand/sysinstall Main Menu", /* title */
"Welcome to the FreeBSD installation and configuration tool. Please\n" /* prompt */
....
and it is not easy to dynamically change this values!
John, do you confirm?
--
Philippe CASIDY
Consultant Génie Logiciel
Systèmes & Réseaux Informatiques
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