Re: [Rails-devel] place of versionNr. localisedText

[Erik V. <eri...@hc...>]

> >In our case, it is included in LocalText (which is probably not 
> >the right place, I would prefer to move it to Game). 
> Before we use a property-file for the 
> system-spezific-constants, we use the
> Main-Class, having an Interface, so non-project-spezifik 
> classes can use
> this information
> If Games is such a Main class for non-ui-stuff, this would be 
> a good place
> for it
> But as I read my digits father, you have allready done it - great.

Game is kind of a main class for the game engine itself,
so this looked a logical place to me.

> >I have been thinking on how we can best manage our resource bundles 
> >(i.e. versions of LocalisedText_aa_BB.properties). 
> >The contents may still be a bit fluid, although it will 
> >settle down somewhat now all messages (should) have been included. 
> > 
> >I'm in favour of removing all comments and just leaving the 
> >properties, sorted alphabetically. The sorting makes a comparison of 
> >different versions very easy in a side-by-side scroller like
> >WinMerge. 
> >This means that we have to drop all pretension of having the 
> >bundle internally organised in some way, but that would be 
> >hard to do and maintain anyhow. 
> > 
> >In the past I have used this alphabetic sort in a commercial 
> >application with texts in 6 languages, and this way it was very 
> >easy to spot differences (missing or redundant entries). 
> > 
> >What do you think? 
> Some Comments are not up to date - right?
> I would prefer a mix - main groups and alphabetic order 
> insite a group.
> So a User has not to translate the hole file, if he just need 
> the normal
> ui-element to play with a friend, who can not read english.
> But as I read my digits, you have allready done it.

... yes, I had some spare time. Simple things can go fast with me...

I had not thought of your proposal which looks reasonable to me.
And indeed, TextPad (which I used for the sort) can sort selections as well.

The old file was badly organised, mostly because I was too lazy
to think about how to organise it, and even to stick to Brett's 
initial setup.
But if you know how to structure a resource bundle, feel free....

Erik.