Managing app locales with spread sheet and a Perl script

chipster123

Here is a simple Perl script I put together to help me manage locales.
The basic approach is to define string CONSTANTS in the spread sheet and then populate them with locale-specific text.
Then you write your app to reference the CONSTANTS and the run time output will use the strings based on the locale.
It still requires your app to use Locale.lua https://github.com/ar2rsawseen/Localize
or
BhLocale.lua http://giderosmobile.com/forum/discussion/comment/6142#Comment_6142

The Perl script parses the Excel file and generates the local files .lua for each locale defined.

The attached zip file also has a sample Gideros project to let you mess around and test the generateLocalesFiles.pl script.

The zip file also contains @ar2rsawseen Locale system to allow demonstration.
Please refer to https://github.com/ar2rsawseen/Localize for the latest version.

Hope someone else finds it useful too.

talis

Where is the perl script? Thanks for sharing by the way.

GiderosFan

@chipster123 I think you have forgotton to attach the zip file . Anyway thank you for sharing this with us

chipster123

hmmm. I'll check it when I get home.

chipster123

OK. Trying this again...

chipster123

Looks like it worked.

talis

Thanks again for sharing.

chipster123

I made a few changes. For one, the script creates a file 'init_strings.lua' instead of 'init.lua' since I don't want to overwrite some init customization. Also, the content of 'init_strings.lua' became a simple list of global string assignments. The previous version had an overly complicated approach.