Re: [Bodington-developers] res dir

[Alexis O'C. <ale...@co...>]

Alistair Young wrote:
> Now that localsation is sorted, I propose we leave the res dir as is,  
> i.e. an exact mirroring of the template dir, with template names as  
> directories, containig strings_en.properties, strings_gd.properties etc.
> 
> I can't see anyone having multiple strings_en.properties open in an  
> editor as they would be for different templates. If multiple  templates 
> share localised content then that content should be in  res.generic, not 
> res.templates
> 
> Alistair
> 

I realize I should have replied to this yesterday, but I think Colin's 
suggested mapping *is* better and it would be better to get it right now.

We at Oxford *are* happy to do this (and, yes, I did consult Matthew & 
Colin!). So we will do all the ones that are currently in 
style_default/default too.

Just to re-cap, this mapping is:

* the resource folder mirrors the template one (e.g. templates rooted at 
tomcatadd/webapps/bodington/templates, resources rooted at res/templates.
* the name of the resource file is the name of the template, with the 
suffix _[lanaguage code], where the suffix for english would be _en.

As an example 
tomcatadd/webapps/bodington/templates/style_default/messagingroom/useroptions.html, 
would have mapped to 
res/templates/style_default/messagingroom/useroptions/strings_en.properties. 
It now maps to 
res/templates/style_default/messagingroom/useroptions_en.properties. 
This example I have in fact committed back to CVS.

I will now proceed with style_default/default (just locally for 
starters!). If anyone really has strong objections to this mapping, 
speak now. Otherwise, I/we will proceed with this change.


Alexis