Sui Ota,
Thanks for this very comprehensive feedback/bug report.
Then, as for the different points you've raised...
1.
Using 2 or more characters(also using a 2 byte character) for the direction name of the compass, appearance of the direction bahaves strangely, espesially between "E" and "S". (with editing "locale")
The number of characters in the compass string (tools/compassBox.lua) has to remain constant.
So, only one single character can be used for each of the 4 cardinal points.
Could you precise why you need to use 2 or more characters ?
I could try to adapt the code to this special case if this is really a priority...
2.
Using 2 byte character for the direction, a garble appears at the edge of compass when the character is on far right or far left. I think this is caused by reading only 1 byte of the 2 byte character.
I'm able to reproduce the bug using accentuated characters that are also encoded with 2 bytes in UTF-8 format.
In fact, the
string.len(s) lua function reads the 2 bytes character as two different 1 byte characters...
I'll have a look at the Lua String Library Tutorial to see if the problem can be solved easily...
3.
(Mac OS X) The localization did not work; English was shown.
ElChristou can confirm the problem, which only appears under Mac OS-X.
Strangely, the
os.setlocale(nil, "collate") lua function doesn't return the local 'collate' category, but the local 'numeric' category,
even when the second argument is not 'numeric'. I've posted a bug report on the Lua website forum...
For now, Mac users can add this line to their locale.lua file, where LANGUAGE is the 2 characters string of the required
language, in lower case (fr, jp, ...) :
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local col = os.setlocale(nil, "collate");
lang = string.lower(string.sub(col, 1, 2));
lang = LANGUAGE -- <-- Line to add
...4.
When window size is small, the size of "No image available." box is inappropriate(too small).
Problem solved ! The Celestia_edu_1.2.zip file has been updated.
6.
The azimuth and elevetion of current viewpoint relative to reference object is also useful. This should be belonged to Compass, like Jedi shown. (In current version, this is achieved by selecting reference object, but...)
This is a really valid point. Azimuth and Elevation could refer to the reference/source object, as I did for Longitude and Latitude...
But I'd like to have other user's opinion here about whether or not we should add another string to the compass box...
7.
On displaying boxes at the first time after launch or resizing windows, the process of structing the boxes is visible for a moment. (But this is no choice...?)
Yes, this happens for a fraction of a second, and only during the first display...
That may come from the time needed by the Lua Hook to be interprated by the Celestia Core...
Hank may confirm and possibly do something here... Even if this doesn't appear to be really annoying, does it ?
8.
The order of date, month and year depends on the locale, so it will be useful if it can be changed by editing files in locale folder.
That's in my todo list
... I was first thinking about adding a setting window, as I did for the setting of the Time Zone...
But your idea of adding a line to the LANGUAGE.lua locale file is great !
Thanks again Sui Ota.
