[linux-audio-dev] Re: Synth APIs, pitch control

[David Olofson]

On Wednesday 11 December 2002 19.32, Tim Hockin wrote:
> > This is *exactly* why I'm proposing the use of a structured text
> > file that matches the structure of the plugin's "exported" names.
> > The *structure* is what you go by; not the actual words. A host
> > would not even have to ask the plugin for the english names, but
> > just look up the corresponding position in the XML and get the
> > name from there instead.
>
> You've basically described gettext(), which happens to be the
> standard way of doing localization in modst code.

Yes, then there is no problem, is there?

[...]
> I had thought about making reccomendations about this, but decided
> there was no need.  Plugins don't display anything themselves
> (modulo UIs which we haven't even breached, and let's not, yet). 
> Leave loclaization to the host and the translators.

Exactly.


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