[mkgmap-dev] Translation system proposal

Wed Apr 10 17:10:50 BST 2013

Am 10.04.2013 17:07, schrieb Carlos Dávila:
> Currently we have the English word "Exit" in the default lines style
> file, which is used by the exit_hint option. Obviously it isn't
> appropriate for all languages, so I'm using a simple hack to avoid it,
> that consist in changing "Exit" by the variable ${mkgmap:exit_tr} in the
> style file and defining it in addresses file with lines of the form
> mkgmap:country=ESP { set mkgmap:exit_tr='Salida' }. It works fine, but I
> have thought of an better system that may be worth implementing it to be
> used somewhere else (may be in the nsis template).
I don't think that this is a good thing. It's better to decide it in 
style-file. Of course it will cause some lines more, but everyone can 
decide, if he wants to have a map of Spain with Salida, Exit or what ever.

Henning