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Update std descriptions
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NAME (PLATFORM EXTRA LANGUAGE) | NAME (PLATFORM EXTRA LANGUAGE) | ||
Missing/unknown information is left our. So, if none of the extra values are known, the description simply becomes: | |||
NAME | NAME | ||
An alternate approach would be to display "Unknown" or "Unk" instead, but it's not clear whether that would provide any advantage to the regular user. | |||
For the language, the two letter abbreviation is used. For the platforms, the following short names are used: | For the language, the two letter abbreviation as returned by Commmon::getLanguageCode() is used (possibly converted to upper case). For the platforms, the following short names are used: | ||
* Acorn | |||
* Amiga | |||
* Atari | |||
* C64 | |||
* DOS | |||
* FM-TOWNS | |||
* Mac | |||
* NES | |||
* SEGA | |||
* Win | |||
Currently, the platform functions in common/util.h do not provide these values. We could either modify getPlatformCode() or getPlatformDescription() accordingly, or add a new getPlatformShortDescription() function. | |||
Typical values for EXTRA include "Demo", "VGA", "EGA", "CD", "Floppy", "Talkie" | Typical values for EXTRA include "Demo", "VGA", "EGA", "CD", "Floppy", "Talkie" | ||
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Another example: | Another example: | ||
("The Secret of Monkey Island", | ("The Secret of Monkey Island", DOS, "CD", French) | ||
becomes | becomes | ||
The Secret of Monkey Island (CD fr) | The Secret of Monkey Island (DOS CD fr) | ||
A third example: | |||
("Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror", Unknown, "Demo", English) | |||
becomes | |||
Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror (Demo en) | |||