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this didn't cause me any problems yesterday, and it compiles, and bug fixing is a good thing.
"Some month ago I introduced translatable texts for "gaim --help" and
"gaim-remote --help".
Unfortunately the output of the translated text is often unreadable.
The problem is, that Gaim's *.po files have the UTF-8 locale (because
this is the default charset for GTK+ 2.0). But the users may have
configured other locales. For instance my SuSE Linux 9.0 system is
configured with LANG=de_DE@euro. "euro" is ISO-8859-1 (Western
character set, 8 Bit, with the Euro currency symbol). Lots of UTF-8
characters are unreadable if they are displayed in a 8 Bit charset
without conversion. Only the 7 Bit chars are displayed right.
There are two possible solutions:
1) Make the console texts untranslatable. This isn't very clever.
2) Convert the texts from UTF-8 to user's locale.
I choose the second solution.
The conversion cannot be made during the translation, because gettext
does not allow a mix of different character sets in one po-file.
My patch converts the console strings from UTF-8 to users locale.
Normally this works right, because most users have a locale which is
compatible with their language.
The case where a user uses a language (for instance German:
LANG=de_DE) with an incompatible character set (for instance the 7Bit
charset LC_CTYPE=C) is also handled. The user then sees a warning and
the original UTF-8 message.
At first I tried to make a new UTF-8 function in src/util.c. But the
function is needed 5 times in src/gaim-remote.c and 2 times in
src/main.c. gaim-remote is not linked against util.o. Also there are a
lot of dependencies from util.o to other files, so I will introduce a
lot of trouble to link gaim-remote against util.o.
So I only wrote a function in src/gaim-remote.c and used the UTF-8
conversion inline in src/main.c." --Bjoern Voigt
committer: Tailor Script <tailor@pidgin.im>
author | Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im> |
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date | Wed, 03 Dec 2003 13:21:55 +0000 |
parents | a80010831ff8 |
children | ecb31b5d728d |
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version 0.74 (11/25/2003): * Installer translations for: Czech. version 0.73 (11/21/2003): * Fix the close button on the first tab in each window. * Fix for carriage return pileups in userinfo. * Window flashing is back. * Fix for gaim settings move bug (#838621). * Update to NSIS v2.0 b4 final release. * Ability to perform unattended installations. * Installer translations for: Spanish. version 0.72 (10/31/2003): * Fix for bug #808562 - LANG needs to be set before gtk_init, when setting text widgets to RTL or LTR. * New dll hell avoidance policies.. hopefully this time as many bases are covered as can be. * Gtk-wimp is back (version 0.5.1). This version is supposed to be a lot more stable. * Compatibility issues with dropline gtk installers are resolved. version 0.71 (10/09/2003): * Gtk-wimp theme removed. * Installer translations for: Portuguese. version 0.70 (09/28/2003): * Fixed an icon caching bug which showed up after gaim's data dir was moved in 0.69. Cached aim buddy icons were not showing up. version 0.69 (09/24/2003): * Perl plugin loader is back (now using perl58). * Gaim now performs 'dll hell' check on startup. * Using SHGetFolderPath to determine Gaim's app data directory. * Installer translations for: Korean and Romanian. * WinME installer bug fixed. * Moving to GTK 2.2.4: Dead keysyms handled on the US-International keyboard. Caps Lock bug fixed. Option to disable move/resize patch (This is known to be buggy on XP). * Gtk-wimp updated to 0.4.3 version 0.68 (09/01/2003): * Installer translations for: Bulgarian and Traditional Chinese. * No Perl plugin support, due to the re-write. (It should be back in the next release). * Executable pounces now working (Thanks to Kevin Stange). version 0.67 (08/14/2003): * Installer translations for: Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Serbian (Latin) and Simplified Chineese. Thanks to all of you who provided translations. * The Buddy List can now be docked using Windows appbar features. * Option to turn off Conversation Window flashing added. * Gtk-wimp updated to 2.0 (improved XP support). Thanks to Raymond Penners. * Moving to GTK 2.2.2: Floating tooltips fixed, move/resize bug fixed, multi-monitor support added. This is a build of cvs gtk-2-2 branch on 8/8/03 which includes my move/resize patch. version 0.66 (07/18/2003): * Windows files join the source distribution. version 0.65 (07/16/2003): * WinGaim plugins can now be built with gcc stabs debugging info, allowing for more informative crash dumps. * Buddy List DnD bug fixed. * The systray code is now integrated into the docklet plugin, bringing those nice docklet features to WinGaim. version 0.64 (05/30/3003) * Perl plugin support is back.. after the plugin api rewrite * File transfer fixed for win32 version 0.63 (05/16/2003) * Gaim installer re-written. Our own GTK+ installer is now bundled with the Gaim installer (installs to the same location as the dropline version). Installer gives user the choice to install one of three GTK+ theme engines, including GTK-Wimp. Installations should now work for all users on multi-user machines (including guest accounts). No more DLL Hell. Sexier installer look (Thanks Phroggie). * Language translations in the systray menu should now be displayed properly. * Fixed some bugs (Thanks Phroggie for debugging help). version 0.60 (4/5/03) * Fixed oscar protocol high cpu usage bug. * Separated aspell from Gaim, and switched to aspell.net windows installer. Gaim will function with or without aspell installation. * Gaim installer no longer installs GTK+ runtime dlls. Gaim now requires gtk-win installation (http://www.sf.net/projects/gtk-win) * Updated Gaim installer to use modern UI. * Drag and Drop Smiley theme installation works now. * Fixed bug where TOC buddies where not showing up in the list. version 0.60 alpha 5 (2/8/03) * Buddy Icons no longer corrupted. * Buddy & login window drift fixed. * No more console window. * File path related bugs fixed. * Fixed disapearing systray icon bug, w/ failed signon. * Fixed performance issue on some win machines due to Pango uniscribe * Autoreconnect plugin works once more. * Fixed windows idle reporting. * Fixed MSN mail open. version 0.60 alpha 4.1: (1/22/03) * This was a bug fix release for the smiley redraw bug. version 0.60 alpha 4: (12/29/02) * Feature improvements for transparency plugin. * Font properly set in gtkrc * Gaim systray icon permanantly parked in systray, with different icons for connected, disconnected and away. * Right clickable menu for systray. * Flashing conversation window on receiving an IM. * Aspell installer allows user to set install path. version 0.60 alpha 3: (11/8/02) * Improved UI * Plugin for transparent conversation windows * Gtkspell/aspell working * IdleTracker added for Windows idle reporting. * Nativewin gtk theme (using native windows fonts) * New gaim and gaim-installer icons (Thanks Tux Racer) version 0.60 alpha 2 (10/9/02): * Perl functionality added * PNGs work * Path issues fixed for Win9x * Added g command line flag for logging of GTK and GLIB debugging. * No more console in Win9x for glib logging (when not debugging). * URL links now work. * Plugins: autorecon, iconaway, spellchk and ticker now work. * Language translations are working. * Using GTK 2.0.6 (Some GTK bugs fixed since 2.0.3) * Gadu-Gadu works * gtkimhtml copying to clipboard works. Selecting text copies it to the clipboard. * Gaim now minimizes to the system tray. * Various other feature updates from the Gaim crew. Read ChangeLog :) version 0.60 alpha 1 (9/13/2002): * Initial alpha release