Localization on OSX 10.4

[Michael Sweet]

keens312 wrote:
>> keens312 wrote:
>>> Hi Mike,
>>>
>>> We have an issue on OSX 10.4 (cups 1.1.23).
>>>
>>> DRV and PPD to define the PDE, and localized.
>>>
>>> It works fine on Leopard, but English only on Tiger.
>>>
>>> How to debug this?
>> Play with your language preferences to see which languages work and
>> which ones don't.
>>
>>> When and who loaded the UI into application's File -> Print -> Printer Feature?
>> Ultimately the PDE is loaded by the CFBundle APIs, which chooses a
>> localization based on the first common language between your prefs
>> and the bundle-supplied localizations.
>>
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>> Michael R Sweet                        Senior Printing System Engineer
>>
> Hi Mike,
> 
> On Tiger, enter Printer Feature tab, all the custom parts are in English no matter what language you selected in preferences.
> 
> The same driver on Leopard, everythhing works fine.
> 
> Does CUPS 1.1.23 does not support well for localization?

CUPS 1.1.23 and earlier versions of Mac OS X only support single
language PPD files.  The globalized PPD files supported in Leopard
will only show up in English there.

You'll need separate PPD files for each language on Tiger and
earlier.

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Michael Sweet, Easy Software Products           mike at easysw dot com