IDE: localized Quickhelp on commands in the statusbar

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IDE: localized Quickhelp on commands in the statusbar

Post by Andre »

While translating the current docs from english to german I came up (again) with this idea.
I'm sure I've seen this wish before, but can't find it. So a new topic... :wink:

As the Docs for the (currently) supported "main languages" English, German + French also include a "syntax" line for each command, it should be possible (with limited effort) to extract these to an extra file. This could be used to display a localized "Quickhelp" for each command in the IDE statusbar.
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Re: IDE: localized Quickhelp on commands in the statusbar

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The quickhelp also has a small sentence describing what it does, and I don't think we can extract this easily.
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Re: IDE: localized Quickhelp on commands in the statusbar

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I think the following feature request is quite relevant: IDE - Quick-Help Tooltip Info (like Javadoc in e.g. Eclipse)
If any of you native English speakers have any suggestions for the above text, please let me know (via PM). Thanks!
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Re: IDE: localized Quickhelp on commands in the statusbar

Post by Andre »

Beside the more extended wish, mentioned by c4s, Fred is of course right.

I'm thinking that taking the first sentence or the first xxx characters (ending with "...") from the 'Description' part of each command in the PB Docs should be possible. This would avoid additional work (beside the docs and their translation) and maybe the extra work to maintain the Quickhelp informations...
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