Changes between Version 30 and Version 31 of TranslationIntro

Timestamp:

12/04/10 14:14:30 (2 years ago)

Author:

claudio

Comment:

Addition of poedit instructions (incl. screenshots)

TranslationIntro

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 But even If you do not belong to that group you have no excuse for not contributing a translation since you may use '''[http://www.poedit.net/ Poedit]'''. 
-Poedit is a graphical tool that supports extraction and translation of messages and runs on a variety of platforms including MS Windows. The author of this text, however, has not used Poedit himself and thus cannot provide a field report.
+Poedit is a graphical tool that supports extraction and translation of messages and runs on a variety of platforms including MS Windows (see lower).
 
 If you chose to work on the command line the following is a short intro which describes the steps I took. It does not cover all features of the tools used - please refer to the fine manuals of the respective program.
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  3. Add yourself to {{{lib/Padre.pm}}} and {{{lib/Padre/Wx/Menu/Help.pm}}} for the credit
  4. Update the {{{Changes}}} file to brag about this new translation! :-)
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+== Poedit ==
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+The command line instructions do still apply. Poedit, as a graphical editor for the po-files, aims to provide a more convenient approach to editing catalogs than launching vi and editing the file by hand.
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+First you need to install the package. On Gnu/Linux, poedit is probably already included in your distribution (e.g. on Debian/Ubuntu, do "sudo apt-get install poedit"). For other Operating Systems (including MS Windows and Apple OS X) you'll find binaties at the '''[http://www.poedit.net/download.php Poedit download page]'''. Follow the instructions to edit translations:
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+1. Open poedit.
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+[[Image(poedit1.png)]]
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+2. Go to File-Open and select the desired translation (.po file). On *n*x systems the po files for Padre itself (not the plugins) can be found at trunk/Padre/share/locale.
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+[[Image(poedit2.png)]]
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+3. Go to Catalogue-Update from POT file. Choose the file messages.pot on the same location as above (generated by the command line instructions).
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+[[Image(poedit3.png)]]
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+4. Click OK.
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+[[Image(poedit4.png)]]
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+5. The missing, fuzzy and correct translation will be showed in different colours.
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+[[Image(poedit5.png)]]
+
 
 == Plug-ins ==