Inputbox too narrow

[Garry K]

It is the Sketchup API inputbox that I am referring to. Adding spaces and possibly a period at the end is really not a very good solution.

English - OK
French - OK
Russian - doesn't fit ( how many spaces )
Chinese - or some other language ( how many spaces )

Would it be better if I converted this over to a web dialog.

[TIG]

Also make sure that your .rb script is saved as a UTF-8 without BOM encoded text file.
It's a simple option if you use Notepad++.exe to edit it...

But padding the strings with spaces is often the only way to get everything into an inputbox drop-down/text-area or left-side-prompt.

Using webdialogs allows you greater flexibility in format and user interaction, but again if you specify fixed width areas for anything containing text, then it will crop [or wrap - depending on your css etc] your longer strings - especially as might happen in 'translated strings'...
So you will still need to test every dialog in every language to spot unexpected glitches...

[Garry K]

I've got Russian working.

Initially I ran into a problem where the last item in a list just showed up as a bunch of vertical lines. So I tried adding another pipe symbol at the end and it worked.

d_options = @@options_t.collect.join('|') + '|'

Will Chinese work the same way? Or will it not fit into UTF-8?

[pgarmyn]

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Thanks

[Garry K]

I have a number of languages translating just fine.

I open up my dictionary template in Notepad++ and save it in the appropriate language using UTF-8 without BOM.

With French, Russian, icelandic everything works well.
With Chinese I just see a bunch of boxes.

How can I test - is there something special to make use of Chinese fonts? Do I have to install a Chinese version of Sketchup? Is there something else that I am missing.

[driven]

your default font needs to be one with the extended char set that includes the Chinese dialect your writing in... [for you to see them]

Lucida Console is a reported to be pretty good [monospaced] all-rounder or Arial [Pro] is not to bad if you have it...

been looking into the same things myself...

john

[slbaumgartner]

@garry k said:

I've got Russian working.

Will Chinese work the same way? Or will it not fit into UTF-8?

UTF-8 is a variant of Unicode, and definitely supports Chinese. However, as @driven pointed out, the display font you are using must also handle the extended character codes used by Chinese.

Steve

[driven]

looking at PC specific fonts it seems that Lucida Console may not include Chinese characters... so sorry about that advice...

OT [ish] On mac when using rich text you get some automatic font substitutions that build 'char sets' for missing bits.

On one occasion when trying to translate a Russian plugin it really did my head in when I tried to copy paste back into the webdialog's html...

john

[Garry K]

I've now got it working.
Here are some examples using the inputbox for my Door Maker.

My next job will be to get this to work inside web dialog.
I understand that I will need a metatag - I'm hoping for the best.

People who actually use these languages will probably laugh at the straight translations. Since I don't understand the various contexts - I'm hoping for a bit of help.

But at least this is a start - and I know that the code works without having to make any changes.

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[Garry K]

I've now made a simple video of the door maker.