>Ran: >It looks fine but there are a a few things I would consider to change in the >patch:
ran, maybe you can get in touch with diff and patch comands, you'll need it in the future for sure :) e.g.: "diff -u README.localization README.localization.new > updates.txt" or "cat updates.txt |patch" ... i know ... winning the price for misusing cat :) > Uwe: > But not everything. Provide a patch to the current version: > http://www.lyx.org/trac/browser/lyx-devel/trunk/README.po-files > and I will commit this immediately. ok, attached patch including remarks from ran. pavel
--- README.localization 2007-02-24 18:50:42.000000000 +0100 +++ README.localization.new 2007-02-24 19:09:09.000000000 +0100 @@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_mono/gettext.html#SEC222 -If you want to start from scratch than you should obtain a copy of the lyx.pot -file. +If you want to start from scratch then you should obtain a copy of the lyx.pot +and name it after your language. German would be for example de.po and Polish +pl.po. This file is generated in the "po" directory of the source tree during +the compilation. 2) HOW DO I EDIT PO FILES? @@ -33,14 +35,14 @@ 3) WHAT DO I NEED TO TRANSLATE? -If your using a simple text editor you should translate the strings that appear -in the msgid line and write the translation into the msgstr line. Note that a -"#, fuzzy" line is just a hint for translation from compiler - in order to get -the translation of the current item working you have to delete this line. It is -recommended that you would take a look at another .po file - that way you can -get an idea of what to do. If your using a specialized po editor then you will -see in it the untranslated strings and a place to write your translation for -them. +If you are using a simple text editor you should translate the strings that +appear in the msgid line and write the translation into the msgstr line. Note +that a "#, fuzzy" line is just a hint for translation from compiler - in order +to get the translation of the current item working you have to delete this +line. It is recommended that you would take a look at another .po file - that +way you can get an idea of what to do. If your using a specialized po editor +then you will see in it the untranslated strings and a place to write your +translation for them. 4) WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH THE '&', '|', '$, AND '%' CHARACTERS? @@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ In order to test your translation you need to obtain the LyX sources (from the SVN repository) and replace the existing .po with yours. Afterwards, you should compile and install LyX (check the INSTALL file for your OS). If you don't -install LyX it won't work. For running LyX with your translation, use the +install LyX it won't work. In order to run LyX with your translation, use the appropriate LANG variable: On Linux: LANG=xx_CC lyx @@ -79,6 +81,13 @@ xx stands for your language code. CC stands for your country code. So to get, e.g., Czech, the code is "cs_CZ". +The most comfortable way to see your updated translation while editing, is +running (in linux): +1. "make xx.po" in po directory to compile updated xx.po translation +2. "make install" in root lyx tree to copy xx.gmo into the appropriate location + (or do it by hand...) + + 7) REFERENCES For some basic idea on how the translation works, you can look at
