All the texts/captions in TigerJython's user interface are stored in text-files called uitexts_LL.txt, where LL stands for the respective language: de for German, fr for French, etc. The English translation is used as the default and has therefore no language identifier.

All files must be in UTF-8 encoding. Any missing entries are taken from the default file uitexts.txt. Please note that some of the translations are work in progress, and we are sure that there are errors in most files. If you see something, say something!

If you are interested in contributing, please write an email to jython at tobiaskohn.ch.

• Lines starting with a hash # are ignored and used for comments.
• Each line contains one key-value pair in the format name = "value", where name can be a qualified name such as copyasrtf.caption.
• In menus, the ampersand & is interpreted as hot key. E. g. in &Edit, the e becomes the hot key and will be underlined.
• Menu entries have the fields caption, tooltip, shortcut, and enabled. The latter one is a boolean field holding either true or false as value (no quotation marks).
• Curly braces { and } can be used to group items. copy.caption = "copy"; copy.tooltip = "copy selected text" (where ; stands for a line break) can be expressed as copy { .caption = "copy"; .tooltip = "copy selected text" } (; must be replaced by a line break).
• Some messages contain a single placeholder %s, which will be replaced by the actual file name, say, when the message is actually displayed.
• Since the TigerJython's core is also used for JEM (Jython Environment for Music), there is a predefined variable app.name, which can be inserted into any text using + for concatenation.

These language files are typically inside the JAR-file itself and are shipped with TigerJython. However, if you want to add a new language, place the uitexts_LL.txt file in the same location as the JAR-file. TigerJython should then find your file and offer to select the language in the respective menus.

• run Execute the current program (in its entirety).
• resume Resume execution of the program after it has been paused.
• runselected Run the selected text only without prior resetting of the interpreter.
• singlestep Execute a single line, jumping into another function if appropriate.
• stepover Execute a single line. If the line contains function calls, the functions are executed in their entirety and the program runs until it arrives at the next line in the program.
• pause Pause the currently running program, suspending execution. Execution can be resumed.
• abort Stop/abort execution of the current program. Execution cannot be resumed afterwards, but starts from the beginning.
• reset Reset the interpreter. This is usually done automatically for run, but not for run-selected.
• togglebreakpoint Set or remove a breakpoint at the current line. Is only possible if the debugger is shown.
• showdebugger Display or hide the debugger panel on the right.
• showconsole Display the interactive console/terminal.
• define Stores the currently selected function permanently, and makes it available in all subsequent program executions.
• showfunctions Shows a window to manage the stored/defined functions.
• keyboardinterrupt Inserts a CTRL+C into the running program, which usually causes the program to abort.
• insertrandomnumbers Opens a window that allows to insert a list of random numbers into the program code.
• insertprimenumber Opens a window that allows to insert a prime number into the program code.

The following commands are usually only available if an appropriate target (robot, microcontroller, etc.) has been selected and activated (use the preferences dialog).

• remoteterminal Shows a window with a terminal/console to communicate with a remote target.
• downloadtotarget Downloads and executes a program on a remote target.
• executeontarget Execute the program on a remote target.
• downloadmoduletotarget Download a program/module to a target without executing it.
• terminatepythonontarget Stop/abort the execution of the program on the remote target.
• shutdowntarget Shutdown a remote target and switch it off.
• restarttarget Restart a remote target.
• flashtarget Copy a new "BIOS" to the remote target.

While most of the actions are fairly standard or self-explanatory, some few might require additional explanation:

• message.cannotsaveduplicate Is shown when ...
• message.filenotfound The user tries to open a file that does not exist.
• message.printed Reports how many pages have been printed.
• message.updateavailable If TigerJython finds that there is a newer version available for download, this message is shown in the output window.
• queries.overwrite Asks if the user really wants to replace an existing file.
• queries.savebeforeclose When a file contains unsaved changes, asks the user if the changes should be saved before closing the file.
• queries.abort If TigerJython is closed while a program is still being executed, it asks the user if the program should be aborted.
• queries.reload If TigerJython finds that a file currently open in the editor has been modified by an external program, it asks if the user wants to reload the file.
• dialogs.pythonfile The open and save dialogs let the user filter for Python files only. This is the text displayed in the filter.
• input.floatprompt Asks the user to enter a number (this can either be a floating point or integer number).
• input.intprompt Asks the user to enter an integer.
• input.nofloaterror Informs the user that the entered value is not a valid number.
• input.nointerror Informs the user that the entered value is not a valid integer.
• quickfind.caption For quick searches, TigerJython does not display a dialog window, but rather a small "quick-find" bar at the bottom of the editor, similar to what you would find in a browser. This is the text shown in this quick-find bar.

# This corresponds to the 'New'-command/action in the 'File'-menu:
new.caption = "&New"
new.tooltip = "New program"
new.shortcut = "command N"
# The "command" in the shortcut corresponds to "ctrl" on Windows machines.

# Here is an alternative format for the 'Open'-command/action in the 'File'-menu:
open {
    .caption = "&Open..."
    .tooltip = "Open a file"
    .shortcut = "command O"
}

# Messages might contain a placeholder %s that will be replaced
# once the message is actually displayed.
message.filenotfound = "The file '%s' could not be found."

# Since we might not know the name of the application, it can be used as
# a variable.  In our case, this is always "TigerJython".
about.caption = "About " + app.name + "..."