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* Updated translation-help guide with instructions for updating one po file.

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Dan McGee 2007-02-12 16:19:35 +00:00
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@ -21,14 +21,19 @@ file is the template file for creating new .po files and updating the messages
in them when the code changes.
First things first. You will need to run ./autogen.sh and ./configure in the
base directory to generate the correct Makefiles. To update the translation
base directory to generate the correct Makefiles. To update all the translation
files, run this command:
make update-po
At this point, the .pot file rereads the source code and updates its string
list, and the existing po files are merged if necessary to add new messages
or remove old ones. These po files can then either be hand edited, or modified
with a tool such as gtranslator or kbabel.
At this point, the .pot file is regenerated from the source code with an
updated string list, and the existing po files are merged if necessary to add
new messages or remove old ones. These po files can then either be hand edited,
or modified with a tool such as gtranslator or kbabel.
These steps make it easier to just update your language and not every po file.
If you are working in the src/pacman tree, replace libalpm.pot with pacman.pot:
make libalpm.pot-update
make <po file>-update
Making a new language is not too hard, but be sure to follow all the steps.
You will have to do the following steps in both the lib/libalpm/po/ and