RE: plugin XML files

["John B" <home-automation@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ian,

> One thought before we set this mechanism in stone...
>
> Although, I guess, it's more of a server side thing - let's
> change the filenames for vendors.
>
> Rather than:
>
> wmute.xml
>
> Let's have:
>
> wmute-en.xml

Sounds good.

However, for backward compatibility purposes, can I suggest the
following:

English versions of files continue to have no language suffix, but any
other language has it's suffix.

So, you would have wmute.xml for your English version, and wmute-fr.xml
for the French version.

The master file still refers only to wmute.xml, but if a user is running
in French, their app can first try wmute-fr.xml before dropping back to
wmute.xml.
(I.e. the app tries looking for a file with it's preferred language
suffix first)

I know this kind of makes English a special case, but at least it
doesn't cause us any problems with our existing userbase.

Regards,

John

>
> It's absolutley trivial at this stage, but opens the door
> nicely for language independence. I know that xPLHal manager
> already supports French, and with all the thoughts about
> being cross platform, it would seem a decidedly narrow to
> ignore the non-english speaking world.
>
> Note - I'm not suggesting that vendors have to translate the
> xml files themselves, but that we place the structure in
> place to allow volunteers to do so.
>
> What's the thoughts?
>
> Ian.
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx
> [mailto:ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of John B
> Sent: 01 October 2005 10:12
> To: ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_xpl] plugin XML files
>
> Hi all,
>
> > > We'd also need to set in stone the one vendor per file
> > issue discussed
> > > previously.
>
> I've updated the reference plug-in file:
> http://www.xpl.myby.co.uk/info/vendor-plugin.txt
to include
> the changes discussed here.
>
> I'll be amending my plug-in shortly and testing it with the
> current xPLHal Manager, but I don't expect there to be any
> compatibility issues.
>
> Regards,
>
> John
>
>
>
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