I was thinking of the meaning of life, the universe and everything, when suddenly� er , well, not really. I was actually working on the French translation for Squeak. Most of it has been done for some time, but there were some 300 phrases left to translate. I did most of it, but I can�t grasp the meaning of a handful of phrases. The language editor has been useful to trace phrases in methods and find out what they were about ( � peaks � is the name of a sound, � measure lines � belongs to the vocabulary of musical notation, and so on). But for some phrases I�m still stuck. I like playing around with Squeak, but I�m not a professional programmer, not even a good amateur (I�m a translator, actually) so I guess some of my questions will seem quite naive. I need to know what the following phrases refer to before translating them (I give the class and method when I have them): * Many many thanks to Yoshiki for the language editor, but� some phrases from the editor interface are not translated (they do not appear in the list of phrases to translate): � there are no methods with the string �,� there are no match for � * what does � Flex � refers to ? * what is � add pin �? :FunctionComponent addCustomMenuItems:hand : * what is � vertical pan � ? anything to do with vertical cooking ? :) (GradientFillMorph addCustomMenuItems:hand: ) * � passing color � and � blocking colour� (ScreeningMorph addCustomMenuItems:hand: ) * � end clip here � what is a �clip� in this context? (MoviePlayerMorph invokeBookMenu) * � get sound from lib � ( EnvelopeEditorMorph addCustomMenuItems:hand: ) Does �lib� stand for 'library' (and if it does, what is this sound library)? * � World scale and clip ��seems to be a menu, but I can�t find where it is and what it does. * � start keyboard navigation with this thread � (InternalThreadNavigationMorph moreCommands ) What is a � thread � in this context ? * � die � I just have this single world in the language editor with no references� Any idea about what it can mean in Squeak ? * same problem with � diffuse � and � ton �
And finally, a few remarks on the castaways : - Verne�s balloon DID eventually crash � so maybe we should forget the metaphor after all. - the castaways discover that the island is secretly ruled by Captain Nemo� Does this mean there�s a secret Squeak ruler ? :) -people who quote a French author cannot be completely wicked. - the whole thing is quite exciting, since I�ve never been able to understand so many messages in the list� usually, 2 posts out of 3 are too technical for me :) vive Squeak !
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