Re: Addition of En resources to non-En resources

[Michael Stefaniuc]

On 06/19/2010 04:09 PM, Frédéric Delanoy wrote:
> Sometimes, when a developer adds a string to En resource file, (s)he
> adds it as well to all other non-En resource files.
>
> Isn't that unnecessary?
>
> http://wiki.winehq.org/SublangNeutral says the search order is
> - LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_NEUTRAL
> - LANG_FRENCH, SUBLANG_FRENCH_BELGIAN
> - LANG_FRENCH, SUBLANG_NEUTRAL
> - LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
>
> Would a patch removing En resources in non En rc files be accepted? This
> would allow for more accurate translation stats.
>
> Or doesn't a fallback mechanism always apply?

The fallback mechanism works only at resource granularity not a string 
level. A resource is is a menu, dialog, 16 STRINGTABLE strings, etc. 
Thus to not break a resource one has to copy the English string over. 
The move to PO files will fix this.

bye
    michael