Re: [patch] new menu generation code simplifies translator's work

[Roland Illig <roland illig gmx de>]

Roland Illig wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I rewrote the create_menu() function in src/menu.c to make the work of 
> the translators easier. Until now, they have to count spaces to 
> correctly align the menu items. Now the code inserts these spaces 
> automatically.

This patch is not ready for production use. It needs support for 
extended character sets, as described in this mail:

http://mail.gnome.org/archives/mc-devel/2005-March/msg00008.html

I won't implement it using multibyte strings. That's just too much work, 
and a really ugly part of Standard C.

Roland