.. _strings: Mac OSX strings *************** .. versionadded:: 1.8 Mac OSX .strings files are used for some Cocoa / Carbon application localization, such as for the iPhone, iPod, and OSX. They are somewhat similar to Java properties, and therefore :doc:`prop2po </commands/prop2po>` and po2prop are used for conversion. .. _strings#references: References ========== * `Localising string resources <http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPInternational/Articles/StringsFiles.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20000005-SW1>`_ * `manual creation of .strings files <http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/LoadingResources/Strings/Strings.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/10000051i-CH6-SW10>`_ * `String format specifiers <http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/Strings/Articles/formatSpecifiers.html>`_