Siegfried Locale Editor Userguide

Menu

File

The "File" menu contains common functions and commands.


New

The function "new" clears the edit area and all input fields (file and reference name, version and the application ID). "New" is like a fresh start up of the editor.


Help

The documentation for the Siegfried Locale Editor is loaded using the "Help" menu. The documentation can also be viewed using the "<COMMAND> H" short cut.

The Siegfried Locale Editor then opens and shows the HTML documentation. The selected standard browser of the operating system is used as the help viewer.

Short cut: <COMMAND> H


About

This is the most import command of the Siegfried Locale Editor! ;-) The obligatory "About this famous application" window. The window contains the program version, our company and home page address.


Quit

"Quit" terminates the Siegfried Locale Editor. Edited text isn't saved automaticaly. Important: currently no save request appears if text is changed.

If "AutoPrefs" is set, all current settings of the Siegfried Locale Editor are save to a file (similar to the "Preference/Save" command). At the next start of the Siegfried Locale Editor the settings are loaded automaticaly.

Shortcut: <COMMAND> Q


Edit

The "Edit" Menu contains functions to edit the text area of the Siegfried Locale Editor. These are the standard funtions (Select, Cut, Copy, Paste, ...) which should be available by every kind of editor.


Undo

"Undo" is used to cancel (undo) the last edit function.

Shortcut: <COMMAND> Z


Cut

Copies the selected text to the clipboard and removes the text from the edit area.

Shortcut: <COMMAND> X


Copy

Copies the selected text to the clipboard . The clipboard is used from other applications, too. Therefore it's possible to use the clipboard to exchange texts with other programs.

Shortcut: <COMMAND> C


Paste

Insert a copied text area from the clipboard at the current cursor position.

Shortcut: <COMMAND> V


Select All

Marks the complete text.

Shortcut: <COMMAND> A


Preferences

The "Preferences" menu contains functions and settings to customize the Siegfried Locale Editor.


Language

The "Language" menu selects the language that is used by the Siegfried Locale Editor. Available languages are displayed in the submenu. The language currently used is selected with a checkmark.

After changing the language only newly created text appears in the new language (e.g. new open windows). All other text (e.g. the main window oder the menu) will remain in the old language. For this reason it is important to restart the Siegfried Locale Editor after selecting a new language.

Before leaving the Siegfried Locale Editor check to see that the settings for the new language are saved to the preferences (to save the preference use the menu "Preferences/Save"). Siegfried Locale Editor saves the settings automatically when exiting if "Autoprefs" is activated, which is the default.

The texts for the respective languages are saved in external files (folder "LocaleEditor/locale"). By simply adding a new language file Siegfried Locale Editor can easily adjust to a new language of a country.

Siegfried Locale Editor is fully functional without the language files. If there are no language files at the folder "LocaleEditor/locale", Siegfried Locale Editor uses the default language (English). If a text is missing in a language file because an older language file is in use, the default text will be used automatically.


Autoprefs

By using the option "AutoPrefs" (default: on), Siegfried Locale Editor automatically saves all settings when the program quits. If the option is activated, Siegfried Locale Editor writes all current settings to a disc when the program quits. The settings are written to the file "LocaleEditor.prefs". The file is loaded automaticaly when Siegfried Locale Editor starts.

The saving of the settings when the program quits has the same results as the use of the command "Save" of the "Preferences" menu.


Save

The "Save" command writes the current settings of all Siegfried Locale Editor windows to a disc. The data is saved to the file "SiegfriedLocale.prefs". At the next start of Siegfried Locale Editor the file is automatically loaded and the settings restored.