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I have written a few plugins (you've got two or three of them at the moment) and the problem I have come across several times is strings on buttons.

OK, I know that you can set the string using the message number (from the language file) but...

> It could do with some simple, generic ones like (off the top of my head) - Server, Client, Host, Port, Dim, Bright, Group, Item, Event. (Probably lots of others but you get the idea.)

I haven't tried, but I think I can use the message number to change the text on the button 'on-the-fly'.
(So why does the TV On button still say TV On rather than TV Off? I know it's a toggle button but then it should just have TV.)

Sometimes Ihave resorted to making these config options for my plugins, but that is not very clean and makes it a lot harder to keep things consistent.

Other times I have edited the language file - but that quite rightly gets overwritten on an upgrade.

So how could I request extra strings to be put into the message file?

Oh, another, related, thing. I have a simple clock interface for which I use a huge font size (75, Franklin - nice and clear, seemed to be the biggest I could use too) - for this I edit the fonts.xml file.

So could I get this giant font added to the fonts.xml?

What poor person has the authority to add things (and get continually moaned at probably)?

<blockquote data-quote="JDWestoby" data-source="post: 860458" data-attributes="member: 72093">I have written a few plugins (you've got two or three of them at the moment)&nbsp; and the problem I have come across several times is strings on buttons.&nbsp;OK, I know that you can set the string using the message number (from the language file) but...&nbsp;&gt; It could do with some simple, generic ones like (off the top of my head) - Server, Client, Host, Port, Dim, Bright, Group, Item, Event. (Probably lots of others but you get the idea.)&nbsp;I haven't tried, but I think I can use the message number to change the text on the button 'on-the-fly'.(So why does the TV On button still say TV On rather than TV Off? I know it's a toggle button but then it should just have TV.)&nbsp;Sometimes Ihave resorted to making these config options for my plugins, but that is not very clean and makes it a lot harder to keep things consistent.&nbsp;Other times I have edited the language file - but that quite rightly gets overwritten on an upgrade.&nbsp;So how could I request extra strings to be put into the message file?&nbsp;&nbsp;Oh, another, related, thing. I have a simple clock interface for which I use a huge font size (75, Franklin - nice and clear, seemed to be the biggest I could use too) - for this I edit the fonts.xml file.&nbsp;So could I get this giant font added to the fonts.xml?&nbsp;What poor person has the authority to add things (and get continually moaned at probably)?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JDWestoby, post: 860458, member: 72093"] I have written a few plugins (you've got two or three of them at the moment) and the problem I have come across several times is strings on buttons. OK, I know that you can set the string using the message number (from the language file) but... > It could do with some simple, generic ones like (off the top of my head) - Server, Client, Host, Port, Dim, Bright, Group, Item, Event. (Probably lots of others but you get the idea.) I haven't tried, but I think I can use the message number to change the text on the button 'on-the-fly'. (So why does the TV On button still say TV On rather than TV Off? I know it's a toggle button but then it should just have TV.) Sometimes Ihave resorted to making these config options for my plugins, but that is not very clean and makes it a lot harder to keep things consistent. Other times I have edited the language file - but that quite rightly gets overwritten on an upgrade. So how could I request extra strings to be put into the message file? Oh, another, related, thing. I have a simple clock interface for which I use a huge font size (75, Franklin - nice and clear, seemed to be the biggest I could use too) - for this I edit the fonts.xml file. So could I get this giant font added to the fonts.xml? What poor person has the authority to add things (and get continually moaned at probably)? [/QUOTE]