using yoshi to set language preferences

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using yoshi to set language preferences - clasqm - 10-11-2016

I just ported a Java app called GoGrinder, which lets you explore Go (the board game) problems. In the documentation it says

To set GoGrinder to use a specific language, you can run it once using the defaultLanguage option:
java -jar GoGrinder.jar defaultLanguage=fr
GoGrinder will remember this setting in future sessions.
Currently supported languages and codes:
English - en
Czech - cz
German - de
Spanish - es
French - fr
Portuguese - pt
Russian - ru
Chinese - zh

So how do we write this into a little preferences applet? No problem. In the apps directory I created a yoshi file:

Code:
*.title = Change GoGrinder UI language

popup.type = popup

popup.label = New language?

popup.option1 = English

popup.option2 = Czech

popup.option3 = German 

popup.option4 = Spanish

popup.option5 = French

popup.option6 = Portuguese

popup.option7 = Russian

popup.option8 = Chinese

popup.default = option1

and a bash script

Code:
#!/boot/system/bin/bash

## who am i? ##

_script="$(readlink -f ${BASH_SOURCE[0]})"

## Delete last component from $_script ##

_base="$(dirname $_script)"

cd $_base

if [ ! -f /bin/yoshi ]; then

    alert "This preference applet requires yoshi, available from the Fatelk repo"

    exit 1

else

    tmpfile=`finddir B_COMMON_TEMP_DIRECTORY`/gogrinderout

    yoshi ./gogrinder.yoshi>$tmpfile

    #we only need the first line for this one so no need for while IFS ...

    read response < $tmpfile

    case $response in

        popup=option1)

            lang=en

        ;;

        popup=option2)

            lang=cz

        ;;

        popup=option3)

            lang=de

        ;;

        popup=option4)

            lang=es

        ;;

        popup=option5)

            lang=fr

        ;;

        popup=option6)

            lang=pt

        ;;

        popup=option7)

            lang=ru

        ;;

        popup=option8)

            lang=zh

        ;;

    esac

    java -jar GoGrinder.jar defaultLanguage=$lang

    rm $tmpfile

fi

I thought of doing radiobuttons at first but you only get six of those to play with and I needed eight.

One case where this will fall flat is if yoshi is installed in ~/config instead of /boot/system. I'll see if I get around to fixing that - not fond of disjunctions in bash.

So now all I need to do is to stick an icon onto that script and link it to the Preferences section of the Deskbar. Total disk usage just over a kilobyte. I Heart

yoshi!

RE: using yoshi to set language preferences - bbjimmy - 10-11-2016

Nice!

replace

if [ ! -f /bin/yoshi ]; then

wirh

if [ ! -f /bin/yoshi ] && [ ! -f ~/config/bin/yoshi ]; then

Smile