RB says "Filetype string buffer empty". What does this mean ?

[Ton]

Just now I wanted to try the translator plugin in Norbusan's build. To do that I had to add the line
 trn,rocks/translate, 55 55 55 55 55 55
to the /.rockbox/viewers.config
After doing that the translator works fine but I noticed that now when  RB is started I briefly see "Filetype string buffer empty" on my screen.
When I remove the above mentioned line again from .config the warning (?) has also disappeared. So it has to do with the change in the configuration.
But what does it mean exactly ?

[bluebrother]

that message is confusing, and I also faced it some time ago. It occurs if you have too much entries in your viewers.config. To fix this you need to increase some buffer size in the code (I did that once). Apart from the message I believe there are no other problems with that (maybe the icon added wouldn't show up correctly, but I'm not sure of that).

[Ton]

Thanks bluebrother.
So it is best to leave it alone ?

[bluebrother]

Thanks bluebrother.
So it is best to leave it alone ?

I'm not sure as I haven't looked into the code far enough on that issue. Quick fix: remove some entries from viewers.config that you don't need (I used that approach when I faced this error). More complex fix: find the appropriate #define in the sources that is responsible for that buffer and increase it. Best solution: understand the code far enough to decide which fix is the best and submit a patch