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Multilanguage functions

To use multilanguage, multilanguage files beneath a directory must be included. These files are located below a locale directory and a scope directory. E.g. to support the english language, there must be an en directory. Below this directory arbitrary scope directories may be created, e.g. introduction or running. The multilanguage files below the scope directories may have any arbitrary filename and must contain their multilanguage text associated with a key. Therefore to access a multilanguage text in a supported locale, the scope and the key are needed. See description in vg4->mlang->add().

• Locale functions
  
• vg4->mlang->fb_locale()
  
  Set fallback locale.
• vg4->mlang->getlocale()
  
  Return used locale.


• Multilanguage entry functions
  
• vg4->mlang->add()
  
  Add multilanguage entries from files beneath a directory.
• vg4->mlang->get()
  
  Get the multilanguage entry for a scope and a key.
• vg4->mlang->clear()
  
  Clear all loaded multilanguage entries.

Example

On a german locale

On an english locale

On a french locale

example.c

/* draw a multilanguage text onto the window */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <vgagames4.h>

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
  struct VG_Image *imgp;
  const char *txt1, *txt2;
  char ntext[256];

  (void)argc; (void)argv;

  /* initialize and open window */
  if (!VG_init("test")) { exit(1); }
  if (!vg4->window->open(VG_WINDOW_SIZE_LOW, VG_WINDOW_SCALE_NONE)) { VG_dest(); exit(1); }

  /* set english as fallback */
  vg4->mlang->fb_locale("en");

  /* add multilanguage entries from mlang/ */
  vg4->mlang->add("mlang");

  /* get two multilanguage entries from scope "game" */
  txt1 = vg4->mlang->get("game", "joke_question");
  txt2 = vg4->mlang->get("game", "joke_answer");

  /* create text-image from the two strings */
  snprintf(ntext, sizeof(ntext), "%s\n\n%s", txt1, txt2);
  imgp = vg4->font->totext(ntext, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
  if (imgp == NULL) { VG_dest(); exit(1); }

  /* output to window */
  vg4->window->clear();
  vg4->window->copy(imgp, NULL, NULL);
  vg4->window->flush();
  vg4->image->destroy(imgp);

  sleep(5);

  /* destroy and exit */
  VG_dest();
  exit(0);
}

mlang/de/game/joke.mlang

[[joke_question]]
Warum kann ein %{txt[fgcolor=0x00ff00]: Pferd%}
nicht Fahrrad fahren?

[[joke_answer]]
Weil es keinen Daumen zum %{txt[fgcolor=0xff0000]: Klingeln%} hat.

mlang/en/game/joke.mlang

[[joke_question]]
Why can't a %{txt[fgcolor=0x00ff00]: horse%} bicycling?

[[joke_answer]]
Because it has no thumb
to %{txt[fgcolor=0xff0000]: ring the bell%}.