Credits in Options --> About are now read directly from the CREDITS file,

eliminating duplication

campcaster/CREDITS

@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@ CREDITS
 =======
 For Campcaster, see http://campcaster.campware.org
 
-The original Campcaster (LiveSupport) concept was drafted by Micz Flor. It was fully developed by Robert Klajn, Douglas Arellanes, Ákos Maróy, and Sava Tatić. The user interface has been designed by Charles Truett, based on the initial work done by a team of his then-fellow Parsons School of Design students Turi McKinley, Catalin Lazia and Sangita Shah. The team was led by then-head of the school's Department of Digital Design Colleen Macklin, assisted by Kunal Jain.
+The original Campcaster (LiveSupport) concept was drafted by Micz Flor. It was 
+fully developed by Robert Klajn, Douglas Arellanes, Ákos Maróy, and Sava Tatić. 
+The user interface has been designed by Charles Truett, based on the initial work 
+done by a team of his then-fellow Parsons School of Design students Turi McKinley, 
+Catalin Lazia and Sangita Shah. The team was led by then-head of the school's 
+Department of Digital Design Colleen Macklin, assisted by Kunal Jain.
 
 Version 1.2.0 - "Kotor"
 -----------------------

campcaster/src/modules/core/include/LiveSupport/Core/LocalizedObject.h

@@ -456,6 +456,21 @@ class LocalizedObject
         {
             return unicodeStringToUstring(getResourceString(bundle, key) );
         }
+
+        /**
+         *  Get some binary data as a string.
+         *  Reads the binary data either from a <code>binary</code> or from
+         *  an <code>import</code> key, and returns it as a Glib::ustring.
+         *  The binary data is assumed to be in UTF-8 encoding.
+         *
+         *  @param key      the key identifying the requested binary data.
+         *  @return the requested binary data as a string.
+         *  @exception std::invalid_argument if there is no such key, or the
+         *             value is not of binary type, or it isn't valid UTF-8.
+         */
+        Ptr<Glib::ustring>::Ref
+        getBinaryResourceAsUstring(const char *     key)
+                                                throw (std::invalid_argument);
 };
 
 /* ================================================= external data structures */

campcaster/src/modules/core/src/LocalizedObject.cxx

@@ -304,3 +304,38 @@ LocalizedObject :: ustringToUnicodeString(const Glib::ustring   & gString)
     return uString;
 }
 
+
+/*------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *  Get a string from a resource bundle in the ICU string format
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+Ptr<Glib::ustring>::Ref
+LocalizedObject :: getBinaryResourceAsUstring(const char *      key)
+                                                throw (std::invalid_argument)
+{
+    Ptr<ResourceBundle>::Ref        rb = getBundle(key);
+    if (rb->getType() == URES_BINARY) {
+        int32_t                     length;
+        UErrorCode                  status = U_ZERO_ERROR;
+        const uint8_t *             data = rb->getBinary(length, status);
+        if (!U_SUCCESS(status)) {
+            throw std::invalid_argument("could not get requested "
+                                        "binary resource");
+        }
+        char *                      strBuf = new char[length + 1];
+        std::memcpy(strBuf, data, length);
+        strBuf[length] = 0;
+        Ptr<Glib::ustring>::Ref string(new Glib::ustring(strBuf));
+        if (string->validate()) {
+            return string;
+        } else {
+            std::string     errorMessage = "invalid UTF-8 sequence found ";
+            errorMessage += "in resource '";
+            errorMessage += key;
+            errorMessage += "'";
+            throw std::invalid_argument(errorMessage);
+        }
+    } else {
+        throw std::invalid_argument("requested resource is not a binary value");
+    }
+}
+

campcaster/src/products/gLiveSupport/src/OptionsWindow.cxx

@@ -843,17 +843,16 @@ OptionsWindow :: constructAboutSection(void)                        throw ()
 {
     Glib::ustring   aboutLabelContents;
 
+    aboutLabelContents.append("\n");
     aboutLabelContents.append(PACKAGE_NAME);
     aboutLabelContents.append(" ");
     aboutLabelContents.append(PACKAGE_VERSION);
     try {
-        aboutLabelContents.append(" (");
-        aboutLabelContents.append(*getResourceUstring("webSiteUrlText"));
-        aboutLabelContents.append(")\n\n");
+        aboutLabelContents.append("\n\n");
         aboutLabelContents.append(*formatMessage("reportBugsToText",
                                                  PACKAGE_BUGREPORT ));
         aboutLabelContents.append("\n\n");
-        aboutLabelContents.append(*getResourceUstring("creditsText"));
+        aboutLabelContents.append(*getBinaryResourceAsUstring("creditsText"));
     
     } catch (std::invalid_argument &e) {
         // TODO: signal error

campcaster/src/products/gLiveSupport/var/root.txt

@@ -311,23 +311,8 @@ root:table
         schedulerStartButtonLabel:string    { "Start" }
         schedulerStopButtonLabel:string     { "Stop" }
 
-        webSiteUrlText:string       { "http://campcaster.campware.org" }
         reportBugsToText:string     { "Report bugs to: {0}" }
-        creditsText:string          { "Credits:\n"
-                "Ferenc Gerlits (fgerlits@campware.org)\n"
-                "    - Studio GUI, scheduler, packaging\n"
-                "Mark Kretschmann (markey@web.de)\n"
-                "    - Audio player\n"
-                "Paul Baranowski (paul@paulbaranowski.org)\n"
-                "    - Project manager, HTML UI, storage server, scheduler\n"
-                "Douglas Arellanes (Douglas.Arellanes@mdlf.org)\n"
-                "    - Tester and user feedback\n"
-                "Tomáš Hlava (th@red2head.com)\n"
-                "    - Scheduler, storage server\n"
-                "János Csikós (retired)\n"
-                "    - HTML UI\n"
-                "Ákos Maróy (retired)\n"
-                "    - Architecture design, scheduler, audio player" }
+        creditsText:import          { "../../../../CREDITS" }
     }
 
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