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| 5.5 updating obsolete example (martin) | isl sections must be convertible to ansi code page (martin) | ||
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| Section ''[default.isl]'' contains general strings for the setup application ([[&url(innosetup)|Inno Setup]]). The application has already been translated to [[&url(innosetuptransl)|several languages]]. If your language is among them, I'll copy the translation to this section. Please check for typos and other mistakes in this section. | Section ''[default.isl]'' contains general strings for the setup application ([[&url(innosetup)|Inno Setup]]). The application has already been translated to [[&url(innosetuptransl)|several languages]]. If your language is among them, I'll copy the translation to this section. Please check for typos and other mistakes in this section. | ||
| - | Use UTF-8 encoding when editing the INI file. | + | Use UTF-8 encoding when editing the INI file. Though for ''.isl'' sections, you cannot use characters that are not available in Windows ANSI code page of the language. |
| Some strings contain parameter placeholders like ''%s'' or ''%d''. These are replaced by the actual value at run-time. Make sure that you keep the same order as in the English string. I know it can be difficult sometimes, because some languages have different word-orders, but it has to be so. Also translated strings should have approximately the same length as the original string. This applies mainly for strings that appear on dialogs. The error messages etc, might be usually as long as necessary. | Some strings contain parameter placeholders like ''%s'' or ''%d''. These are replaced by the actual value at run-time. Make sure that you keep the same order as in the English string. I know it can be difficult sometimes, because some languages have different word-orders, but it has to be so. Also translated strings should have approximately the same length as the original string. This applies mainly for strings that appear on dialogs. The error messages etc, might be usually as long as necessary. | ||