Locale

[mritter0]

What program are you using to create your program's locale catalogs?

[thomas]

CatComp

[mritter0]

CatComp errors with every catalog file I have tried.

ERROR: 'version' is not a valid command after '#'

## version $VER: we.catalog 1.0 (6.7.14)
## language english
## codeset 0
;
; *** MPS_SetUp · Libraries ***
;
MSG_LIBS_COULD_NOT_OPEN_X_LIBRARY (1//)
Could not open %s library.
MSG_LIBS_COULD_NOT_OPEN_X_CLASS (//)
Could not open %s class.

[thomas]

You are mixing up .cd and .ct files. The lines with ## belong into .ct files while the (//) tokens are only valid in the .cd file.

Find a complete example attached.

[mritter0]

Now I remember why I always hated CatComp.

In my SMakefile I do this

@DH1:CatComp/CatComp DESCRIPTOR=LocaleStrings.cd CFILE=Protos_LocaleStrings.h NOARRAY NOBLOCK NOCODE
@DH1:CatComp/CatComp DESCRIPTOR=LocaleStrings.cd CFILE=LocaleStrings.c CTFILE=$(PROGRAM2)_Blank.ct NONUMBERS NOSTRINGS NOBLOCK NOCODE

The first line is to make a file with just the #define lines for the IDs and Strings.
The second line is to make the array only.

I use a GST file to speed things up. Everything is included in Headers.h

#include <dos/dostags.h>
#include <dos/rdargs.h>
#include <exec/execbase.h>
#include <exec/io.h>
#include <exec/libraries.h>
#include <exec/lists.h>
#include <exec/memory.h>
#include <exec/nodes.h>
#include <exec/ports.h>
#include <exec/tasks.h>
#include <exec/types.h>
blah
blah
blah
Then my program's stuff

#include "Protos_Globals.h"
#include "Protos_Modules.h"

#define CATCOMP_NUMBERS
#define CATCOMP_STRINGS
#include "Protos_LocaleStrings.h"

This will not include the defines because of the #ifdef check. If I take out all of those lines, they get included in the GST. What am I missing?

Same for the CATCOMP_ARRAY in LocaleStrings.c. The compiler says something like "No external data was created" and is empty, essentially.

And

struct LocaleInfo
{
    APTR li_LocaleBase;
    APTR li_Catalog;
};

is in every file. Doesn't need to be. NOCODE should leave it out.


OS3.9. CatComp v40.4 (isn't there a newer version?)