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Harald Oehlmann schrieb am Freitag, 22. September 2023 um 08:43:01 UTC+2:
> Am 22.09.2023 um 08:08 schrieb Alexandru:
> > rene schrieb am Freitag, 22. September 2023 um 07:52:25 UTC+2:
> >> Alexandru schrieb am Donnerstag, 21. September 2023 um 19:51:57 UTC+2:
> >>> Is there a way to reverse the function "mc" in msgcat?
> >>> So to get the original string based on the already translated string.
> >>> The translated string was created applying the "mc" function
on the original string.
> >>> Having the result of "mc" can I found out what was the original string?
> >>>
> >>> Many thanks
> >>> Alexandru
> >> AFAIK not directly.But you could intercept the msgcat::mc call like:
> >>
> >> rename ::msgcat::mc ::msgcat::mc1
> >> proc ::msgcat::mc args {
> >> set result [::msgcat::mc1 {*}$args]
> >> # here you have the original $args and the translated string in $result
> >> return $result
> >> }
> > I get it: I would have to save the results of mc to an array or dict.
> > But this is not going to work for me.
> > I`m supprised, that this revesed translation is not aready standard.
> > I need it to save some user settings from the GUI to a file
and the restore them from the file to the GUI.
> > Since the GUI values are translated (let`s say to German), I
don`t want to write gernan names to the file.
> > The next user might switch to English so the the saved german
words are meaningless.
> Hi Alexandru,
> thank you for the question.
> On the practical side, msgcat maintains a dict.
> You want an access function to the values and get the keys.
> This is doable.
>
> I personally only use Language Tags, e.g.
> mc errFile $err
>
> and
>
> mcflset errFile "File error: %s"
>
> So, this would not help you.
>
> Take care,
> Harald
Thanks Harald.
Would id be a good idea to add a new function to msgcat that does the above?
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