Re: How do I internationalize a distribution?
Re: How do I internationalize a distribution?
- Subject: Re: How do I internationalize a distribution?
- From: Kevin Hoyt <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:51:18 -0700
Hi Scott,
I did look at PackageMaker to see how
it worked. It is obvious how to internationalize the Introduction,
readme, and license. Select the language and the file to use.
I did not see any way for me to customize
the description for a package that is displayed as part of a distribution.
I'm trying to set the text that is displayed
when a custom install is used and an item is selected. This is currently
done in my distribution.dist file like this:
description="Installs
the TSM command line tools. This includes the TSM Command Line Client,
the TSM Scheduler Daemon, and support files."
When I build a package, I do use pmdoc
files but drive it from the command line. I use a shell script to
move the files around and set permissions on the package contents in a
staging directory. Once thas is done, I use packagemaker and the
pmdoc file to create the packages.
Kevin Hoyt
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| Scott Amory <email@hidden>
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Hi Kevin,
On Jul 18, 2008, at 4:09 PM, Kevin Hoyt wrote:
I have a distribution where I have hard coded the description strings.
How do I internationalize them?
What do you mean by hard coded? Are you building
the packages through the UI or command line?
I'm assuming I need a resources directory for each supported language with
a properly named plist file containing the strings.
Eventually what you would see is an lproj folder for each
language you support in your resources directory.
However, the PackageMaker User Guide does not describe how to do this.
>From the legacy guide, and messing around with Package Maker, there is
support for a 'Description.plist' file but other than these keys, what
is supported??
IFPkgDescriptionDescription
IFPkgDescriptionTitle
These are for older bundle style packages. A distribution
package uses a different method of localizing it's strings.
Besides, those are not for the individual components that make up my distribution.
How is this supposed to be done??
If you're using the UI you can just use the Edit Interface
button in the Distribution section of PM. If you are doing it manually
via the command line you would probably get a better idea of what you need
to do by making one in the UI and observing how it's localization
is set up.
Scott
As always, any help is appreciated.
Kevin Hoyt
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