[sword-devel] localized booknames - VerseMgr
Troy A. Griffitts
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Thu Feb 19 06:12:37 MST 2009
Sorry, so briefly, if you have the VerseMgr::Book object, you can get
the translated book name with:
LocaleMgr::getSystemLocaleMgr->translate(book->getLongName());
Troy A. Griffitts wrote:
> VerseMgr holds the authoritative "Key" book names we use in our locales
> (these are the English names) so you can just pass these to the
> translate method of any locale, e.g.
>
> VerseMgr *verseMgr = VerseMgr::getSystemVerseMgr();
> LocaleMgr *localeMgr = LocaleMgr::getSystemLocaleMgr();
>
> VerseMgr::System *kjvVersification
> = verseMgr->getVersificationSystem("KJV");
>
> // 0 = Genesis
> SWBuf bookNameInEnglish = kjvVersification->getBook(0)->getLongName();
>
> // you can translate using the 'current' locale
> SWBuf bookNameInCurrentLocale = localeMgr->translate(bookNameInEnglish);
>
> // or you can grab a specific locale from the mgr and translate using it
> SWLocale *deLocale = localeMgr->getLocale("de");
>
> SWBuf bookNameInGerman = deLocale->translate(bookNameInEnglish);
>
>
> Hope this helps (and has no syntax errors)
>
> -Troy.
>
>
>
>
> Manfred Bergmann wrote:
>> Hi there (probably Troy :).
>>
>> I'm using VerseMgr to cache a list of Books (VerseMgr::Book) in MacSword.
>> getBookName() only returns the english book name.
>> If there a way to retrieve the localized book name without using
>> VerseKey?
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Manfred
>>
>>
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