initial release

cosmic rage/locale/detect_locale_changes.lua

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+-- stuff already localized
+locale = "en" -- change to suit you
+
+dofile (locale .. ".lua")
+
+-- make copy
+original = { 
+    messages = messages, 
+    formatted = formatted, 
+    times = times, 
+    headings = headings 
+    }
+
+messages, formatted, times, headings = nil 
+
+-- from distribution
+dofile ("Localize_template.lua")
+
+-- make copy
+distribution = { 
+    messages = messages, 
+    formatted = formatted, 
+    times = times, 
+    headings = headings 
+    }
+
+messages, formatted, times, headings = nil 
+
+function compare_table (name)
+ local count = 0
+ local old = original [name]
+ local new = distribution [name]
+
+ print ("Processing table", name)
+ print ""
+
+ -- new message is in distribution, but not in already localized file
+  for k, v in pairs (new) do
+    if not old [k] then
+      count = count + 1
+      print (string.format ("  New message: %q", k))
+    end -- if not there
+  end -- for
+  
+  
+  print ("Found ", count, " new messages")  
+  print ""
+
+  count = 0
+  
+ -- old message is in already localized file, but not in distribution
+  for k, v in pairs (old) do
+    if not new [k] then
+      count = count + 1
+      print (string.format ("  Deleted message: %q", k))
+    end -- if not there
+  end -- for
+  
+  print ("Found ", count, " deleted messages")  
+  print ""
+  
+end -- compare_table
+
+compare_table ("messages")
+compare_table ("formatted")
+compare_table ("times")
+compare_table ("headings")