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| author | ericm <ericm> | 2000-06-30 06:28:26 (GMT) |
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| committer | ericm <ericm> | 2000-06-30 06:28:26 (GMT) |
| commit | be8ba4515aaf9da7893bcb0930ca1965e0602cb3 (patch) | |
| tree | 08cdf6c63cdabcea3bef54c3fcd784745766fb05 /doc/msgcat.n | |
| parent | 5513f66815de5f44c874f0b1f50a3733d993121d (diff) | |
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* doc/msgcat.n: Doc's for mcmax function.
* library/msgcat1.0/msgcat.tcl: Applied patches from Laurent
Duperval, to add mcmax function, which computes the length of the
longest of several translated strings. Bumped version number to 1.1.
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diff --git a/doc/msgcat.n b/doc/msgcat.n index f4acd54..e271839 100644 --- a/doc/msgcat.n +++ b/doc/msgcat.n @@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ msgcat \- Tcl message catalog .SH SYNOPSIS \fB::msgcat::mc \fIsrc-string\fR ?\fIarg arg ...\fR? .sp +\fB::msgcat::mcmax ?\fIsrc-string src-string ...\fR? +.sp \fB::msgcat::mclocale \fR?\fInewLocale\fR? .sp \fB::msgcat::mcpreferences\fR @@ -63,6 +65,12 @@ use the result. If an application is written for a single language in this fashion, then it is easy to add support for additional languages later simply by defining new message catalog entries. .TP +\fB::msgcat::mcmax ?\fIsrc-string src-string ...\fR? +Given several source strings, \fB::msgcat::mcmax\fR returns the length +of the longest translated string. This is useful when designing +localized GUI's, which may require that all buttons, for example, be a +fixed width (which will be the width of the widest button). +.TP \fB::msgcat::mclocale \fR?\fInewLocale\fR? This function sets the locale to \fInewLocale\fR. If \fInewLocale\fR is omitted, the current locale is returned, otherwise the current locale |