Online Package Manager

[lainz]

You're from Spain? From your mail address I guess..

Here in south america is late too.

Attached a new version:
- corrected executable file name: now it generates only a single .po file for all platforms
- corrected memory leak
- corrected LazFileUtils position to use their functions instead of FileUtils ones
- translated into spanish

[balazsszekely]

@minesadorada

BTW, what about scaleability?  Is it practical for OPM to offer 200 packages for example?  If not - what would be a practical maximum?

I tested with 500+ packages(reused the same ones, multiple times). Works well.

Is the DownloadURL  fully formed? i.e. does the DownloadURL field contain the full zipfile name?

Yes it should contain the full zipfile name.

@lainz

It does not output a pretty print version, but it works.

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1. ...
2. Streamer.Options := Streamer.Options + [jsoUseFormatString];
3. ...

The JSON structure will change, but your demo is good and helps a lot. Thanks!

[minesadorada]

You're from Spain? From your mail address I guess..

Here in south america is late too.

Attached a new version:
- corrected executable file name: now it generates only a single .po file for all platforms
- corrected memory leak
- corrected LazFileUtils position to use their functions instead of FileUtils ones
- translated into spanish

Thanks.  The \locale folder wasn't in the zip - could you attach it so we can keep synchronised please?
- Added optional popup help (that's why I need the .po files)
- Added 'About' dialog
- Added [...] to fetch update zipfile name
- ToDo: Improve validation
- Improving error-checking

I have some time today in sunny Tenerife to fiddle about

[cryptkeeper]

hello folks, very nice job with Online Package Manager, thank you.
I have a small suggestion:  including line or two description what is in the package will be usefull for the user.
now we have to know, what we want to download/install with OPM.
e.g. package name callite. is category information Date/Time but it's visual components or only library of routing for dealing with date/time?
it would be usefull especially with category Other

thank you

[lainz]

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1. ...
2. Streamer.Options := Streamer.Options + [jsoUseFormatString];
3. ...
4. The JSON structure will change, but your demo is good and helps a lot. Thanks!

Thanks! Yes that's the power of the streamer, is really easy to use.

Sorry I missed the .po files, here it is again with them.

[balazsszekely]

@cryptkeeper
Just expand the *.lpk node(callight_pkg.lpk in your case) then check the description. It's set by the package maintainer, we cannot modify it.

[minesadorada]

@lainz
Did a bit more today.  The app is much too fancy for its purpose, but it was an interesting exercise for me.

More/changed resourcestrings, so the .es.po file is now out of whack (I still need to tidy them up so hold off translation for now)

I changed DefaultTranslator to LCLTranslator so the app could deal with languages in a more interactive way. Another reason was the DefaultTranslator chooses 'es' on my system, despite an English-language system.  It's probably fooled by my Spanish keyboard.

- Better interactive error-checking on inputs
- Language menu (only English/Español as yet)
- Hint system that runs on first use
- cfg file to store options
- 'About' dialog that uses app VersionInfo
- ..and other stuff
- I expect it could be refactored, but it seems to work in a user-friendly way and the code is maintainable.

Attached: current version 0.1.3.0

@GetMem I'm not sure anything needs to be added to the JSON - it seems enough for its purpose and it will be quick to download.
I have uploaded a test update JSON for you to test 'live'
https://sourceforge.net/projects/lazautoupdate/files/otherpackages/update_cryptini.json
and https://sourceforge.net/projects/lazautoupdate/files/otherpackages/update_cryptini_force.json  (force update)
(A good protocol is that update JSONs must always have a filename which is distinct from regular OPM-generated JSONs. You could use a custom name-protocol for update JSONs such as 'update_<packagename>.json' - this avoids filename clashes with package JSON files created by OPM and stored in the same folder)

[lainz]

I like the new error messages, these are good to upload the json with no errors.

I need to read the code, but it works as far as I tested.

[minesadorada]

I like the new error messages, these are good to upload the json with no errors.

I need to read the code, but it works as far as I tested.

here's something I'd like you to look at:
If I am in 'en' mode and execute

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1. SetDefaultLang('es', 'locale', TRUE);

It correctly switches to Spanish.

If I am in 'es' mode, and execute

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1.   SetDefaultLang('en', 'locale', TRUE);

It doesn't switch back to English until the app is restarted (when the SetDefaultLang('en', 'locale', TRUE) is executed in Form.Create().)  Why so?

I have the jsoneditor.es.po and the jsoneditor.en.po in the appropriate /locale folder.
 

[lainz]

I don't know exactly, but maybe once the translation is set you need to restart the application.

Lazarus needs a restart. You can force a restart with:

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1. OpenURL(ProgramDirectory + Application.ExeName);
2. Application.Terminate;

I think once you change the constant strings from english to something else then the translator doesn't know anymore how to translate?

Like:

Open -> Abrir: this translates open to abrir
Abrir -> ?: doesn't know how to translate Abrir to something else, because the .po are in english to something else, not in spanish to something else.

[minesadorada]

@lainz I think we have an alpha (attached V0.1.5.0)  Please review.
I would really appreciate it if you would revisit the Spanish translation and bring it up to date.

Switching Spanish -> English: It might work better with an .en.po file that matches the es.po in all entries

[lainz]

Here it is the updated translation.

I see some bugs:
- Remove: it removes the last item not the selected one
- Change language: it always display 'es' as language changed no matter what language I select (so no matter what I click I can't get back to english, even with a restart)

[minesadorada]

Here it is the updated translation.

I see some bugs:
- Remove: it removes the last item not the selected one
- Change language: it always display 'es' as language changed no matter what language I select (so no matter what I click I can't get back to english, even with a restart)

Bugs:
1.  I haven't changed the original remove code.  I'll have a look at it.
2. Spanish -> English works for me after a restart of the app. (Testing in Linux 64-bit)
2a. Does your cfg file have an entry 'Language=en'?  Does your /locale folder have jsoneditor.en.po (renamed from jsoneditor.po)?
2b If  Spanish -> English doesn't work in a Spanish system. then we can produce multiple distributions with different Project/options/Version Info/Language Options settings.

Thanks a million for the translation and review.  My Spanish still isn't good enough to do the job
Are you OK with GPL license?  Your (excellent) code is the core of the app, so you call the license.

I've done a bit more refactoring.  V0.1.6.0 to follow...

[lainz]

1.  I haven't changed the original remove code.  I'll have a look at it.

I know. The thing is that I created it to remove the last item, but the translation says that it removes the selected item.

2a. Does your cfg file have an entry 'Language=en'?  Does your /locale folder have jsoneditor.en.po (renamed from jsoneditor.po)?

No, I don't have one. But since the default translation is in english, why don't use the default po? That can be done?

Are you OK with GPL license?  Your (excellent) code is the core of the app, so you call the license.

Sure, GPL is OK.

We need to wait for GetMem, he said that maybe the external JSON structure changes, so we must wait for it.

Then upload it to sourceforge or github, or where you want, is the same for me.

[lainz]

Hi, this is the Spanish translation for the OPM
http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=31047

Please test and add to the Lazarus svn.