Re: i10n shutdown dialog problem

On Sat, 2009-08-29 at 12:24 +0800, XiouXin Huang wrote:
> Hi, list
> 
> Recently I jumped from 1.7.3 to 1.9.0, running upon python 2.6.
> Everything works fine except this:
> When I press "shutdown",
> it should display corresponding localized messages of
> "Do you really want to shut down Freevo?", or
> "Do you really want to shut down the system?", or
> "Do you really want to restart the system?"
> now it show some squres I cannot read.

This  doesn't sound like a problem with translation but with rendering
the message. Perhaps the font used in the default skin doesn't support
Chinese characters?

> If I switch from my locale "zh_TW.UTF-8" to "en_US.UTF-8",
> there's no problem, all shutdown messages displayed correctly.
> 
> In 1.7.3, the "shutdown.py" use gui.ConfirmBox,
> In 1.9.0, it now use dialog.dialogs.ButtonDialog,
> and I can't figure out the new gui.
> How does it process the translated freevo.mo?
The same method is used as was used for gui.ConfirmBox, as is used for all translation, the _() function is used.

> Anybody to show me the hints to study?
I would try changing the font used for the dialogs trying looking in
share/skins/osd/base.fxd, this is currently Vera or VeraBd

Cheers

Adam


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