Changings in input lua files?

[Devrim]

ED have started to doing changings on "name" or "category" tags in input lua files.

 

For example, original line was:

{combos = {{key = 'Esc'}}, down = iCommandQuit, name = 'End mission',	 category = 'General'},

 

and now it is:

 

{combos = {{key = 'Esc'}}, down = iCommandQuit, name = _('End mission'), category = _('General')},

 

Why ED is doing (adding) these? Any idea?

 

Thanks.

[uboats]

I think _(' ') is for i18n here

 

internationalization

 

Should check how it defines _ in other Lua file.

Edited December 5, 2014 by uboats

[Devrim]

Thanks for quick reply Uboats.

 

Aaaand the next question: What is "i18n" and what is it for?

[FSFIan]

i18n = internationalization. (i, 18 characters, n)

Because programmers are lazy and a word that long is annoying to write, especially if it is part of some subroutine name.

 

Related: l10n = localization

 

IIRC, Internationalization is making sure your program can be used world-wide (e.g. make sure you support unicode and use a font that includes russian and chinese characters). Localization is adapting your program to each specific location (translation, currency formats, decimal comma vs. decimal point, time zones, ...)

 

When people are not differentiating between i18n and l10n, they often use i18n to mean both things.

[Devrim]

I think I get it. Thanks for explanation.