Module description

msc -- Message Catalog

The msc module implements a message catalog. The catalog is used to translates a message to another message. It can be used for internationalization of messages and for converting messages. Use the gmo module for importing gettexts mo-files in a message catalog.

Catalog structure

msc% ( -- n )

Get the required space for a message catalog

Catalog creation, initialisation and destruction

msc-init ( msc -- )

Initialise the catalog

msc-(free) ( msc -- )

Free the catalogs nodes from the heap

msc-create ( "<spaces>name" -- ; -- msc )

Create a named message catalog in the dictionary

msc-new ( -- msc )

Create a message catalog on the heap

msc-free ( msc -- )

Free the message catalog from the heap

Catalog words

msc-add ( c-addr1 u1 c-addr2 u2 msc -- )

Add the message c-addr1 u1 and translation c-addr2 u2 to the catalog

msc-translate ( c-addr1 u1 msc -- c-addr2 u2 )

Translate the message c-addr1 u1 with the catalog, return message if not found

msc-translate? ( c-addr1 u2 msc -- c-addr2 u2 true | false )

Translate the message c-addr1 u1 with the catalog, return success

msc-remove ( c-addr u msc -- flag )

Remove the message c-addr u from the catalog, return success

Inspection

msc-dump ( msc -- )

Dump the message catalog

Examples

\ ==============================================================================
\
\           msc_expl - the message catalog example in the ffl
\
\               Copyright (C) 2007  Dick van Oudheusden
\  
\ This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
\ modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
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\ version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
\
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\ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
\ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
\ General Public License for more details.
\
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\ License along with this library; if not, write to the Free
\ Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
\
\ ==============================================================================
\ 
\  $Date: 2008-03-04 18:39:16 $ $Revision: 1.2 $
\
\ ==============================================================================

include ffl/msc.fs


\ Example 1 : translation of english to dutch


\ Create the message catalog in the dictionary

msc-create en>nl


\ Add translations to the catalog

s" yes"  s" ja"    en>nl msc-add
s" no"   s" nee"   en>nl msc-add
s" tree" s" boom"  en>nl msc-add
s" bike" s" fiets" en>nl msc-add

\ Translate messages

s" yes"   en>nl msc-translate type cr
s" bike"  en>nl msc-translate type cr
s" house" en>nl msc-translate type cr     \ if not in the catalog, the orignal message is returned
  
  
  
\ Example 2 : entity references in html
  
\ Create the message catalog on the heap

msc-new value entity


\ Add the references in the catalog

s" lt"   s" <"                   entity msc-add
s" gt"   s" >"                   entity msc-add
s" amp"  s" &"                   entity msc-add
s" quot"  char " pad c!  pad 1   entity msc-add


\ Convert the references

s" lt"   entity msc-translate type cr
s" quot" entity msc-translate type cr


\ Free the catalog from the heap

entity msc-free


  

    

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