Re: [MACTCL] Directory display name

[Philip A. <ph...@vc...>]

On 2006-05-06, at 16:19:25, Andres Garcia wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to get the 'diplay name' of a given directory?
>
> I need it to show the localized names of the directories instead
> of the real one, like 'Librer=EDa' instead of 'Library'.
>
> Thanks,
> Andres

Hi Andres,

On OS 10.4 the translations are found in the various =20
"SystemFolderLocalizations.strings" files located in the localization =20=

folders of:

	/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemFolderLocalizations

These are Unicode files (not utf8).


You can use AppleScript to get the user locale:

user locale of (system info)
--> en_US

You can also use AppleScript to get the 'displayed name' of the file =20
information record for a particular file object but it is very slow =20
on intel macs.

displayed name of (info for (path to library folder from local domain))
-->Library


Philip Aker
philip->vcn.dot.bc.dot.ca