Re: Localization of Win Installer

>> 1. The installer finds out and starts with the OS language, in my case
>> Slovenian. Which is great! But ... When it comes to the list of files to
>> be installed, the Slovenian spell-checker is not checked to be installed
>> - one must manually select it. Is there a way that the installer, that
>> auto detects the OS default language would also by default select that
>> language's spell checker in the install process?
>
> I'm not sure how hard that would be to implement, but it definitely
> sounds reasonable. Can you file an enhancement request under the
> "Installer" product in Bugzilla, please?
http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=10251
>
> In \abi\src\pkg\win\setup\NSISv2\lang, there's a file named
> English.nsh that contains the AbiWord-specific installer strings.
> Using that as a base, you can translate the strings into
> Slovenian.nsh, which is in the same directory. If you don't have an
> AbiWord CVS tree, you can get them from ViewCVS:
>
> http://www.abisource.com/viewcvs/cgi/viewcvs.cgi/abi/src/pkg/win/setup/NSISv2/lang/English.nsh
>
> http://www.abisource.com/viewcvs/cgi/viewcvs.cgi/abi/src/pkg/win/setup/NSISv2/lang/Slovenian.nsh
Localized Slovenian file is attached to this e-mail. Please someone
check it in.
>
>> 3. When I overwrite previous installation, a pop-up pops up and asks in
>> English, not Slovenian: "Overwrite Existing AbiWord?". The title of the
>> window is translated into Slovenian, just the message body isn't. Is
>> that a non-localizable string in AbiWord code or a string in the
>> NullSoft installation, something like "Overwrite Existing %s?".
>
> This string is defined in the English.nsh file mentioned above and can
> be localized.
Yes. It is in the localized Slovenian.nsh file.
>
>>
>> 4. String "Install mode: Warning found %s" is in English; probably a
>> string in NullSoft package?
>
> I can't seem to find a mention of this string in either AbiWord or
> NSIS (or Google). Is that the exact string?
Well, it probably is a string, made from two strings: "Install mode: "
and "Warning found %s"; it must be in the NSIS localization.
>> Some other remarks:
>> AbiWord uses Windows system color picker, which is not a problem per se,
>> but if you have English Windows OS, but a French AbiWord and are French,
>> you would prefer to have the color picker in French, if it is a part of
>> AbiWord. Is there a way to localize the color picker?
>
> Sorry, not sure about this one.
Hope someone is. :)

I've found there are some strings that are currently not part of
English.nsh for installation but maybe should be - they are the options
selected in the type of installation selection drop-down:
Typical (default)
Full (with File Associations)
Minimal
Tiny - AbiWord.exe only
Full plus downloads.
The "Custom" string in this drop-down is already localizable (and
localized).

Thanks,
m.