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Update CODING and HACKING files, and add po/README file for translators.
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1 Translators create a translation by creating the appropriate .po file in the /po
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2 directory. Please see the gettext info pages for an overview and instructions.
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3 Basically: Add your language code to the ALL_LINGUAS= line in configure.in,
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4 then get started translating the strings in your ??.po file.
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5 Note: The strings for debug output is intentionally not marked for translation.
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7 To update a specific translation, one may use make update-po PO=[lang] (ie. make update-po PO=fr).
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9 To update all translation files, use make update-po.
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10 You should only use it when needed (before a release or when there were many
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15 Helper scripts:
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17 gen_translations_stats.sh generate statistics about translations
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18 regen_potfiles.sh generate a patch to sync POTFILES.in with current source files