[jsword-devel] Problems getting started / Translation of UI

[Benny Wasty]

Hi,
this is my first mail to the list, so a short introduction: I'm from 
Germany and I'm currently studying Software Engineering. I know the 
Sword Project for quite some time and have also followed the mailing 
lists for a few months. Now I've found the time to really get involved 
and start programming etc.

The first problem I have is a warning that shows up (when I compile and 
run BibleDesktop in eclipse):
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21.09.2007 00:43:57 org.crosswire.common.swing.FontStore load
WARNUNG: Unable to load the font store: 
file:/C:/Dokumente%20und%20Einstellungen/Benny%20Wasty/.jsword%5CBookFonts.properties
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The result is that the font of the bible text is different (something 
with serifs, and smaller, too small) compared to my installed version 
(1.07). Anyone knows what could be the reason?

I started improving the German translation of the UI because it's quite 
bad and incomplete. The attached patch contains the changes (only 
.properties-files). It's not perfect and also not totally complete, but 
*/much /*better than the current translation...

The language-property-files are a bit problematic in my opinion. Weren't 
too easy to find in the first place, there are many and they're spread 
among quite a few directories. Would be really helpful to keep the 
translations in one place, maybe even in one file. Adding new languages 
would also be easier then.

And there's a bug with the selection of the translation:
I always see the German version, no matter if German or English is 
selected in the options menu. Switching to Turkish or Persian is 
possible though. I looked into the code and debugged a little, but 
couldn't find anything yet. Maybe it has something do to with my 
operating system's language being German...

Enough for the first mail...

Benny Wasty

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