Hello Nekral,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for the quick reply.</div><div><br></div><div>.strings format files are generally used when localizing OS X applications.</div><div><br></div><div>They are UTF-16 (with BOM and Unix line endings) encoded text files that include the source and translated strings.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Here is an example of Alerts.strings file from localization package of an application called Cyberduck:</div><div><br></div><div><div>/* NSButton (Cancel) : <title:Cancel> (oid:9) */</div><div>"Cancel" = "Cancel";</div>
<div><br></div><div>/* NSTextField (Failures) : <title:Failures> (oid:12) */</div><div>"Failures" = "Failures";</div><div><br></div><div>/* NSButton (Network Diagnostics) : <title:Network Diagnostics> (oid:71) */</div>
<div>"Network Diagnostics" = "Network Diagnostics";</div></div><div><br></div><div>These sites provide additional information about the strings format:</div><div><br></div><meta charset="utf-8"><div>1. <a href="http://www.wincent.com/a/knowledge-base/archives/2004/11/localization_on.php">http://www.wincent.com/a/knowledge-base/archives/2004/11/localization_on.php</a></div>
<div>2. <a href="https://mailman.research.att.com/pipermail/graphviz-devel/2008/000725.html">https://mailman.research.att.com/pipermail/graphviz-devel/2008/000725.html</a></div><div>3. <a href="http://www.arizona-software.ch/ilocalize/">http://www.arizona-software.ch/ilocalize/</a></div>
<div>4. <a href="http://www.simultrans.com/articledetail.cfm?PostingID=43">http://www.simultrans.com/articledetail.cfm?PostingID=43</a></div><div>5. <a href="http://www.bean-osx.com/localization.html">http://www.bean-osx.com/localization.html</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>What kind of information is needed for po4a in order to be able to support the format?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks.</div><div><br></div><div>-</div><div>Aiet</div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote">
On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 1:56 AM, Nicolas François <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nicolas.francois@centraliens.net">nicolas.francois@centraliens.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hello,<br>
<div class="im"><br>
On Sat, Apr 03, 2010 at 12:53:55AM -0800, <a href="mailto:aietkolkhi@gmail.com">aietkolkhi@gmail.com</a> wrote:<br>
><br>
> I wanted to check if OS X .strings format is supported and if not, if anyone<br>
> is working to have it supported.<br>
<br>
</div>I do not know this format, so I don't know if there is a close enough<br>
format supported by po4a.<br>
Do you have links which describe the format?<br>
<br>
I also guess nobody is currently working in supporting the .strings<br>
format.<br>
<br>
Best Regards,<br>
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Nekral<br>
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