[GEM Development] Further updates to OpenGEM, the FreeDOS GUI

[Dennis Schulmeister]

Thanks, Shane. That's useful info.

Dennis


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shane M. Coughlan" <shane_coughlan at hotmail.com>
To: "GEM Development" <gem-dev at simpits.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 5:49 PM
Subject: Re: [GEM Development] Further updates to OpenGEM, the FreeDOS GUI


> Dennis Schulmeister wrote:
>
>> You said in german? I'll take a look at it and report back.
>>
>> If you have troubles with translations I'm your man.
>>
>> Dennis
>
>
> The guy in change of the German translation of OpenGEM is Thorsten
> Franke <apas at gmx.de>.  Perhaps you could get in contact with Thorsten to
> work together to translate the newest FreeGEM desktop into German?
>
> We've got a lot of translation to do.  Not only the desktop, but also
> the programs.  Things like PUBLISHER are only in English at the moment.
>
> You can download a special version of OpenGEM with editing tools here:
>
> http://gem.shaneland.co.uk/downloads/projectliberation/PROJECTLIBERATIONBeta3languageeditingedition.zip
>
> To quote from the readme file:
>
> To use this limited version of OpenGEM, just start as
> normal, and you'll see two windows.  One is the normal
> HELPZONE folder with the OpenGEM documentation.  The
> other contains two files.  These are the DESKTOP language
> files.
>
> To edit the DESKTOP language files, simply double-click
> the file called DESKTOP.RSC.  The menu editor will open,
> and you can begin the process of editing all the text.
>
> To edit parts of the menu, double-click and they will
> open.  Then double-click the text to change it.
>
> I'm afraid that you're almost on your own from there.
> You'll have to feel your way around the editor application.
>
> Remember to save frequently, and make back-up copies.
> Perhaps when you save, it'd be good practice to save with
> a different file name.  When the editor crashes, it has a
> habit of corrupting the file you were editing.
>
> In my experience, the editor often crashes when saving if
> you use it under windows.  It's more stable on DOS, though
> if you have made a lot of changes to something, and you
> attempt to save, you can expect occasional crashes
> (hench my advice to save frequently).
>
> Regards
>
> Shane
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