[ros-dev] Idea for a new part in headers of .rc files

[Mark de Wit]

Instead of making up another number, why not just reference the svn version 
the translation is based on?

Mark
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From: "David Hinz" <post.center at gmail.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 10:16 PM
Subject: [ros-dev] Idea for a new part in headers of .rc files


> Hey guys,
>
> when I just translated format, I stunbled over one thing:
> What if somebody changed the content of a string after I translated it?
>
> After some minutes, I had a easy solution for that problem:
>
> The En.rc gets a little line in it's head-comment with a revision
> number. Each time somebody changes or adds a string in the En.rc, he
> sets the revision number +1 and so all translators have an easy to
> control indicator, if they need to translate something or not.
>
> But I think one thing should be clear, if there just has been corrected
> a spelling mistake and not something important, the revision number
> won't be touched.
>
> Now some example headers:
>
> in the EN.rc:
>
> /*
>  * Moved all hardcoded strings to En.rc.
>  * By Magnus Olsen  2005
>  *
>  * Revision: 1
>  */
>
> in my De.rc:
>
> /*
>  * Moved all hardcoded strings to En.rc.
>  * By Magnus Olsen  2005
>  * First German Translation by David Hinz 20051010
>  *
>  * Translated Revision 1 of En.rc
>  */
>
> This is just an idea, but I think this could save a lot of work on
> bigger applications than format...
>
> Greets,
>
> David Hinz
>
>
>
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