Re: [gtk-osx-users] Using localization with "Application" menu with the gtk mac integration library.

[John Ralls <jralls ceridwen us>]

On Oct 5, 2014, at 8:20 PM, Joshua Pettus <jshpettus gmail com> wrote:

> For the record, the reason why “About Xboard” wasn’t translated is because HGM took that string and made it 
> to output  “About” which broke translations.
>
> This is because the gtk integration library questionably adds the application name after “About”  I’m not 
> sure why it’s necessary.  If there is an About menu item there, it was moved from somewhere else, and it 
> almost always already had the application name affixed to it. I understand why it was done for the other 
> items which are put there by the library.
>
> I’m sure there is another solution for us to remove the second xboard in the about menu item,  but I don’t 
> understand why we have too.

The Gtk stock item GTK_STOCK_ABOUT and its replacement, the help_about named icon, yield _About,  no app 
name. That string is translated in the gtk translations.

It sounds like your problem is that HGM, whatever that is, messed up: If it used _About, all would be well.

gtk-osx-integration expects the Gtk stock item and adds the app name to comply with Apple's HIG.

Regards,
John Ralls