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use intltool for desktop file translation - desktop files are translated via .po files together with other strings - make update-po is replaced with intltool-update [lang]
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date Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:50:35 +0000
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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. Note: The strings
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7 To update a specific translation, one may use intltool-update [lang] (ie.
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8 intltool-update fr).
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10 To update all translation files, use make update-po. You should only use it when
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11 needed (before a release or when there were many changes in source code).
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14 Helper scripts:
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16 gen_translations_stats.sh generate statistics about translations
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17 regen_potfiles.sh generate a patch to sync POTFILES.in with current source files