Short: 2.3 - Flexible catalogs (C, Asm, Oberon, E, ARexx, Modula...) Author: Marcin Orlowski Uploader: Marcin Orlowski Version: 2.3 Type: dev/misc Www: http://amiga.com.pl/flexcat/ Date: Wed May 19 10:51:16 1999 INFO ---------- FlexCat creates catalogs and the source to handle them. The difference between FlexCat and KitCat, CatComp and some others is, that FlexCat is designed to produce any source you want: any programming language, any individual needs should be satisfied. However, FlexCat is not more difficult to use. Translators will also find it useful, as, among standard functions like #?.catalog creation, FlexCat is able to update your #?.ct files to the new #?.cd files automatically. Give it a try! This sounds like a contradiction. FlexCat's solution is to use template files, the so called "source descriptions". Ready to use examples for Assembler, C, C++, E, Oberon and Modula-2 are distributed, additionally an example for supporting catalogs on Workbench 2.0. Any other examples are welcome. Archives ---------- Since release 2.0, the FlexCat distribiution is splitted into the smaller archives. They are (in order of importance): FlexCat.lha - Latest FlexCat, user contribitions, english manual and foreign catalog files FlexCat_0x0.lha - patches for 020, 040 and 060 versions of FlexCat (PPC makes no sense here. I checked that). FlexCat_ExDocs.lha - FlexCat's guide in non english languages. Currently Svenska, Espanol and Deutsch are provided FlexCat_CatSrc.lha - #?.cd and #?.ct files for existing translations and #?.texinfo documents FlexCat_Src.lha - C source code for the FlexCat itself If you just want to use FlexCat, the 1st archive is all you need. If you want to have CPU optimised binaries, take both 1st and 2nd and patch the original release. If you want to read translated manual, get the 3rd one. If you want to make the translation take the 4th one (but I suggesto to join the Amiga Translators' Organisation first!) Changes since previous release: ------------------------------- * v2.3 (19.05.99) - "Trailing ellipsis" detector was broken (Marco De Vitis ) - Seems I updated the english manual for v2.2, but forgot to create .guide file out of texinfo. - Fixed manual to say "1999" instead of "1998", and fixed #?.cd file to show proper arguments when help ("?") is requested (Herve Dupont ) - Spanish translation by Sergio Martín Rodríguez and Tomás J. Cantó * v2.2 (14.04.99) - FlexCat can now copy "**NEW**" markers (or other specified) from old #?.ct file to new one, while upgrading #?.ct file (FlexCat CD CT newctfile CT). It should now be fearless to upgrade your all not yet finished translations. Due to this feature two new options appeared (available in prefs as well): COPYNEWs/S (specify if you want to activate this feature - to avoid possible problems its turned off by default), OLD_MSG_NEW/K - the string that marks new strings in old #?.ct file (by default "**NEW**" so you don't need to specify it unless you change MSG_NEW too). NOTE: FlexCat automatically appends "; " to the string! (Christian Hattemer ) Long awaited check for trailing ellipsis is now implemented FlexCat now expands the above feature, and checks for trailing spaces, as it appears to be the most overlooked trailing character ever Added missing #endif is source code, disallowing easy StormC or non-amiga compilations (Christian Hattemer) Every line of original string that FlexCat puts into created #?.ct file is now prefixed by "; ". Previously, only first line had space between semicolon and the main text (Christian Hattemer) Source descriptors and other FlexCat related goodies for StormC by Christian Hattemer are now available from any Aminet mirror (dev/c/Storm_FlexCat.lha) or from his homepage: http://www.riednet.wh.tu-darmstadt.de/~chris/ New translations: slowensko - Damir Arh Updated catalogs: svenska - Magnus Holmgren , srpski - Ljubomir Jankovic , nederlands - Leon Woestenberg , deutsch - Christian Hattemer English manual updated to match latest changes.