here is setterm and a gratituos question

[Rob Landley]

On Sunday 04 September 2005 22:06, Rob Landley wrote:

> Well, really simply:
>
> #define LOOKUP_STRING(x)  bb_translatable_strings[x]
> const char *bb_translatable_strings[] = {
>  "My hovercraft is full of eels\n",
> #define STR_HOVERCRAFT LOOKUP_STRING(0)
>  "I vill not buy this tobacconist, eet is scratched.\n",
> #define STR_TOBACCONIST LOOKUP_STRING(1)
>  "etc..."
> }
>
> There's probably a better way to do that, but you get the idea.

Possibly...

#define INCREMENT(x) x+1
const char *bb_translatable_strings[] = {
  "My hovercraft is full of eels\n",
#define STR_HOVERCRAFT  bb_translatable_strings
  "I vill not buy this tobacconist, eet is scratched.\n",
#define STR_TOBACCONIST  INCREMENT(STR_HOVERCRAFT)
  0
#define STR_END   INCREMENT(STR_TOBACCONIST)
}

#define CHECK_END bb_translatable_strings + \
 sizeof(bb_translatable_strings)/sizeof(char  *) - 1
#if STR_END != CHECK_END
#error bb_translatable_strings is horked.
#endif

Thingy?

Rob