Does anyone have access to a fully translated english ini file for
WinPoint. The current english language file is short by several hundred strings.

Thx,

-k
Salutations from Rochester, NY - (SysOp KnightMare)

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Hello Kevin!

*** Monday 23.11.20 at 16:08, Kevin Miller wrote to All:

Does anyone have access to a fully translated english ini file for WinPoint.

TTBOMK, there isn't one :(

The current english language file is short by several hundred
strings.

Yep, sure is and I guess the chances of a full English translation are
pretty slim, as the original author ceased development of the software in 2007.

Regards,
Martin

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Hello Kevin!

** On Monday 23.11.20 - 16:08, Kevin Miller wrote to All:

Does anyone have access to a fully translated english ini
file for WinPoint. The current english language file is
short by several hundred strings.

I reached the author several pre-covid months ago. He said
that although he was excited that his program was having
interest and getting use, he nolonger had the original files
(lost by several moves, or something else).


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Yep, sure is and I guess the chances of a full English
translation are
pretty slim, as the original author ceased development of
the software in
2007.

Just call me Slim. WinPoint has been revived. WinPoint Echo has been requested and waiting setup. I was able to work with original developer to get it going again.

So stay tuned.


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I reached the author several pre-covid months ago. He said

that although he was excited that his program was having
interest and getting use, he nolonger had the original
files
(lost by several moves, or something else).

Code was found and is being updated as we speak. More to come.


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Hello Dale!

** On Saturday 12.12.20 - 10:07, Dale Barnes wrote to August Abolins:

I reached the author several pre-covid months ago. He said
that although he was excited that his program was having
interest and getting use, he nolonger had the original
files
(lost by several moves, or something else).

Code was found and is being updated as we speak. More to come.

That is most excellent. Maybe I reached the wrong original
author, or I misunderstood the problem. I had a brief email
exchange with Tim Schattkowsky [timschat@gmx.de].

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Hello Dale!

*** Saturday 12.12.20 at 10:06, Dale Barnes wrote to Martin Foster:

Yep, sure is and I guess the chances of a full English
translation are
pretty slim, as the original author ceased development of
the software in
2007.

Just call me Slim.

Hey Slim :-))

WinPoint has been revived.

What!!!!! :-)))

WOW, best news I've had for a looooong time.

WinPoint Echo has been requested and waiting setup.

Yep, just seen a message from the elist bot in "ELIST" that the echo
has been successfully added. I'll be requesting the echo from my
BossNode straight away.

For anyone else that's interested, the echo tag is WINPOINT

I was able to work with original developer to get it going again.

Thought I'd never see the day and thank you so much for this.

So stay tuned.

I'm all ears :)

Regards,
Martin

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Code was found and is being updated as we speak. More to come.

That is most excellent. Maybe I reached the wrong original

author, or I misunderstood the problem. I had a brief email

Not the email address I was using. I am working the code now to update it in a number of areas and Tim is also working behind the scene as well. No ETA at the moment as we get everything tested and some key changes we knew folks were asking about (ie fully translated).

Anyway, we are moving forward to have some fun.


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Hello Dale!

** On Saturday 12.12.20 - 18:53, Dale Barnes wrote to August Abolins:

Not the email address I was using. I am working the code
now to update it in a number of areas and Tim is also
working behind the scene as well. No ETA at the moment as
we get everything tested and some key changes we knew
folks were asking about (ie fully translated).

I tracked Prof. Dr Tim down at the GMX university.

Anyway, we are moving forward to have some fun.

Will an existing install be able to be overlayed with english
files? I already have a working config of Winpoint.



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El 12/12/20 a las 15:53, Dale Barnes escribió:

>
>DB> Code was found and is being updated as we speak. More to come.
>
> That is most excellent. Maybe I reached the wrong original
>
> author, or I misunderstood the problem. I had a brief email
>

Not the email address I was using. I am working the code now to update it in a number of areas and Tim is also working behind the scene as well. No ETA at the moment as we get everything tested and some key changes we knew folks were asking about (ie fully translated).

Anyway, we are moving forward to have some fun.

please put the code in github/gitlab public repo!

thanks!
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WinPoint has been revived.

What!!!!! :-)))

WOW, best news I've had for a looooong time.

Thought I'd never see the day and thank you so much for
this.

So stay tuned.

It should be fun....At least for me. :) I have been going thru the code learning the package. There is some work to be done before it can be released since it requires a little cleanup and testing but it is coming.


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Will an existing install be able to be overlayed with
english
files? I already have a working config of Winpoint.

The configuration of WinPoint is currently stored in the Registry. The language files are currently INI based files (ie text) that are tied to the application. The only thing that should have to be updated will be the ini files or other external files that will handle the language.

Should be able to drop in place without impacting the Current install of WinPoint.


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On 12/13/2020 6:20 AM, between "Dale Barnes - Martin Foster":

WinPoint has been revived.
So stay tuned.

It should be fun....At least for me. :) I have been going thru the
code learning the package. There is some work to be done before it
can be released since it requires a little cleanup and testing but it
is coming.

Take a peek at the info Martin and I came up with about WinPoint in the "[WinPoint] CONS" section in the comparison table here:

https://kolico.ca/fidonet/echos/points/

Click on the "POINT Software comparisons: PROS and CONS" link to get to the table.

We summarized many of the irksome issues that would be nice to have addressed. Note the references of the notes to [*3] [*4] and [*5] too.

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Hello August!

*** Monday 14.12.20 at 04:05, August Abolins wrote to Dale Barnes:

WinPoint has been revived.
So stay tuned.

It should be fun....At least for me. :) I have been going thru the
code learning the package. There is some work to be done before it
can be released since it requires a little cleanup and testing but it
is coming.

Take a peek at the info Martin and I came up with about WinPoint in the "[WinPoint] CONS" section in the comparison table here:

https://kolico.ca/fidonet/echos/points/

Click on the "POINT Software comparisons: PROS and CONS" link to get to the table.

Yes, good idea but it should be noted that the list is not a complete
list of things that need fixing. In addition, I feel that certain
parts of the programme need a bit of re-designing.

Regards,
Martin

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On 12/14/2020 6:03 AM, between "Martin Foster - August Abolins":

Take a peek at the info Martin and I came up with about WinPoint in the "[WinPoint] CONS" section in the comparison table here:

https://kolico.ca/fidonet/echos/points/

Yes, good idea but it should be noted that the list is not a complete
list of things that need fixing.

We've highlighted a significant number of the most niggly things. For me, "● does not support incoming areafix lists that are in lowercase [*3]" was a disappointment.

In addition, I feel that certain
parts of the programme need a bit of re-designing.

Hopefully Dale will be able adjust things once we have a fully English version.

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https://kolico.ca/fidonet/echos/points/

Click on the "POINT Software comparisons: PROS and CONS"
link to get to the table.

Thanks for the link. I have captured the information for review.


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Yes, good idea but it should be noted that the list is not
a complete
list of things that need fixing. In addition, I feel that
certain
parts of the programme need a bit of re-designing.

Can someone send me what they think is the complete list and either netmail me or email it to me?

Thank you


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Hopefully Dale will be able adjust things once we have a
fully English version.

I am reviewing and working on it, there are hundreds of lines to update and we are still updating other areas since updating the tools.


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Hello August!

*** Tuesday 15.12.20 at 01:58, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

Take a peek at the info Martin and I came up with about WinPoint in
the "[WinPoint] CONS" section in the comparison table here:

https://kolico.ca/fidonet/echos/points/

Yes, good idea but it should be noted that the list is not a complete
list of things that need fixing.

We've highlighted a significant number of the most niggly things. For me, "● does not support incoming areafix lists that are in lowercase [*3]" was a disappointment.

Yeah and my biggest niggle by far is the message editor, particularly
its nasty habit of messing up some(but not all) quoted text.

Regards,
Martin

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Hello Dale!

*** Monday 14.12.20 at 13:14, Dale Barnes wrote to Martin Foster:

[snip]

Can someone send me what they think is the complete list and
either netmail me or email it to me?

Look in your inbound :)

Regards,
Martin

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either netmail me or email it to me?

Look in your inbound :)

Got it. Thank you.

Will add it to the master list. :)


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Hello Dale!

*** Thursday 17.12.20 at 16:01, Dale Barnes wrote to Martin Foster:

either netmail me or email it to me?

Look in your inbound :)

Got it. Thank you.

Will add it to the master list. :)

Excellent and I sent you an addition to the list on 03.02.21 by crash netmail. Since then, I've thought of a couple more items that need looking
at but methinks you've got enough to keep you occupied for now :)

Regards,
Martin

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