Route the Gen2 #DEX screen's kind/text through the pokemon registry

src/ui/gen2/PokedexMenu.lua reads its KIND label and both description
pages from data.gen2Pokedex.entries, loaded straight from disk before
mods:load runs -- a separate table from data.pokemon, the `pokemon`
registry's own merge target. mod.content.pokemon:patch(id, { dexEntry =
... }) therefore validated but never reached the screen. Adds
src/core/gen2/PokedexText.lua to project a patched dexEntry onto the
#DEX table after the merge (Game2:load, alongside the other Gen 2
post-merge registries), and a text2 field to the dexEntry schema for
the entry's second description page, which the screen already reads
but the registry had no field for. Also routes the OPTION/SEARCH panel
titles (PokedexMenu.lua) through Strings(), the same literal-wrapping
pattern already used elsewhere in this screen and its siblings.

docs/modding/reference/registries.md

@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ mod.content.phone_contacts:patch("PHONE_YOUNGSTER_JOEY", { map = "ROUTE_31" })
 | `catchRate` | integer 0..255 | yes |
 | `cry` | cries id | no |
 | `dex` | integer >= 1 | yes |
-| `dexEntry` | {heightFt, heightIn, heightM?, kind, text, weight, weightKg?} | no |
+| `dexEntry` | {heightFt, heightIn, heightM?, kind, text, text2?, weight, weightKg?} | no |
 | `evolutions` | list of {item?, level?, method, species} | yes |
 | `frontSize` | integer 1..7 | yes |
 | `growthRate` | growth_rates id | yes |

src/core/Game2.lua

@@ -1024,6 +1024,11 @@ function Game2:load()
   require("src.core.gen2.Phone").useRegistry(self.data)
   require("src.core.gen2.Decorations").useRegistry(self.data)
   require("src.core.gen2.Apricorns").useRegistry(self.data)
+  -- data.gen2Pokedex is a separate table from the `pokemon` registry's own
+  -- merge target (data.pokemon): a translation mod's
+  -- mod.content.pokemon:patch(id, { dexEntry = ... }) would otherwise never
+  -- reach the #DEX screen. See src/core/gen2/PokedexText.lua.
+  require("src.core.gen2.PokedexText").apply(self.data)
 
   -- Rendering pipelines: the engine half of the render_pipelines registry
   -- (src/render/Pipelines.lua).  install() points it at GOLD's merged dataset

src/core/gen2/PokedexText.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+-- Projects a mod's `pokemon` registry dexEntry onto the #DEX screen's own
+-- data table.
+--
+-- data.gen2Pokedex.entries[species] (data/generated/pokedex.lua,
+-- RomExtractorGen2:extractPokedex) is what src/ui/gen2/PokedexMenu.lua
+-- actually reads for the KIND label and the two description pages
+-- (entry.kind, entry.text, entry.text2) -- a table loaded straight from
+-- disk in Game2:load, BEFORE mods:load runs, and never routed through a
+-- registry.  The `pokemon` registry's own merge target is the separate
+-- data.pokemon table (src/mods/Schemas.lua, R.pokemon: `target = "pokemon"`),
+-- which mod.content.pokemon:patch(id, { dexEntry = { kind = ..., text = ...,
+-- text2 = ... } }) already reaches -- so a translation mod's #DEX text was
+-- silently invisible in-game despite validating against the registry.
+--
+-- This is the missing link: called once after the merge (src/core/Game2.lua),
+-- the same way ItemEffects.applyHeldItems projects held_items onto
+-- data.gen2HeldItems.  height/weight/dex stay untouched -- game state, not
+-- text a translation carries.
+local PokedexText = {}
+
+function PokedexText.apply(data)
+  local dex = data and data.gen2Pokedex
+  local pokemon = data and data.pokemon
+  if not (dex and dex.entries and pokemon) then return 0 end
+  local count = 0
+  for species, entry in pairs(dex.entries) do
+    local def = pokemon[species]
+    local override = def and def.dexEntry
+    if override and (override.kind or override.text or override.text2) then
+      if override.kind then entry.kind = override.kind end
+      if override.text then entry.text = override.text end
+      if override.text2 then entry.text2 = override.text2 end
+      count = count + 1
+    end
+  end
+  return count
+end
+
+return PokedexText

src/mods/Schemas.lua

@@ -826,10 +826,14 @@ R.pokemon = {
                                item = f.opt(f.id("items")),
                                species = f.id("pokemon") }),
     spriteFront = f.path, spriteBack = f.path, frontSize = f.int(1, 7),
+    -- text2 is the #DEX entry's second description page (Pokedex_asm's bare
+    -- `page` macro, engine/pokedex/pokedex.asm): PokedexMenu:drawEntryBody
+    -- shows `entry.text` on page 1 and `entry.text2` on page 2, so a
+    -- translation needs both to cover the whole entry.
     dexEntry = f.opt(f.rec{ kind = f.str, heightFt = f.int(0),
                             heightIn = f.int(0, 11), weight = f.num,
                             heightM = f.opt(f.num), weightKg = f.opt(f.num),
-                            text = f.str }),
+                            text = f.str, text2 = f.opt(f.str) }),
     icon = f.opt(f.union{ f.str, f.rec{ image = f.path,
                                         frames = f.opt(f.int(1)) } }),
     cry = f.opt(f.id("cries")), palette = f.opt(f.id("palettes")),

src/ui/gen2/PokedexMenu.lua

@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ local TileSheet = require("src.ui.gen2.TileSheet")
 local Nests = require("src.core.gen2.Nests")
 local Sound = require("src.core.Sound")
 local Unown = require("src.core.gen2.Unown")
+local Strings = require("src.core.Strings")
+
+-- `db $3b, " OPTION ", $3c` / `db $3b, " SEARCH ", $3c"`: the panel titles
+-- drawn by drawOption/drawSearch below, declared here (rather than inline)
+-- so Strings.source puts them in the catalog harvest.
+local OPTION_LABEL = Strings.source(" OPTION ")
+local SEARCH_LABEL = Strings.source(" SEARCH ")
 
 local PokedexMenu = {}
 PokedexMenu.__index = PokedexMenu
@@ -776,7 +783,6 @@ function PokedexMenu:printEntry()
   local row = self:current()
   if not row then return end
   local Printer = require("src.core.Printer")
-  local Strings = require("src.core.Strings")
   local TextBox = require("src.render.TextBox")
   local name = (self.pokemon and self.pokemon[row.species]
     and self.pokemon[row.species].name) or tostring(row.species)
@@ -1385,7 +1391,7 @@ function PokedexMenu:drawOption()
   -- `db $3b, " OPTION ", $3c`: the two end-cap tiles are the dex sheet's, not
   -- font glyphs.
   self:tile(0x3b, 0, 1)
-  self:text(" OPTION ", 1, 1)
+  self:text(Strings(OPTION_LABEL), 1, 1)
   self:tile(0x3c, 9, 1)
   local rows = self:optionRows()
   for i, row in ipairs(rows) do
@@ -1405,7 +1411,7 @@ function PokedexMenu:drawSearch()
   self:fill(TILE_BG, 0, 0, Chrome.SCREEN_W, Chrome.SCREEN_H)
   self:border(0, 2, 14, 18)
   self:tile(0x3b, 0, 1)
-  self:text(" SEARCH ", 1, 1)
+  self:text(Strings(SEARCH_LABEL), 1, 1)
   self:tile(0x3c, 9, 1)
   self:text("TYPE1", 3, 4)
   self:text("TYPE2", 3, 6)