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[gaim-migrate @ 6081] We're going to shuffle around the init sequence in main.c again. Importing accounts should no longer screw things up, and there's better protection against invalid protocol IDs causing an account to have to be hand-editted. committer: Tailor Script <tailor@pidgin.im>
author Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
date Mon, 02 Jun 2003 10:21:33 +0000
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1 Translation README
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3 Updated: 19-April-2003
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4 ------------------
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6 To supply a new translation, you first need a copy of gaim.pot.
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7 This can be built by typing:
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9 ./update.pl --pot
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11 from the gaim/po/ directory.
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13 To update an exsting translation, type:
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17 where LANG is the language code to update, such as fr or ja. This will build
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18 a new gaim.pot and update the translation with the changes. You may then
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19 begin editing the updated file.
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21 New or updated translations should be sent to the gaim-devel listserv
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22 (see http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gaim-devel)
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24 Please check your translations carefully. Make sure you have the same
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25 number of newlines and %s or other formatting codes in the translation as
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26 you have in the original.