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On Tue, 2015-11-24 at 08:09 +0000, Gontran Bonaert wrote: > Hello, > > I've requested to be removed from this group but i do still receive > emails. > > Could you please remove this emailadress ? > > Thanks. > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 18:51:34 +0100 > From: jose...@gmail.com > To: mixxx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Mixxx-devel] First post and questions about translations > > Hello. > > > I discovered Mixxx recently (this summer) and I liked it a lot. I am > not a DJ, but my brother worked as such when he was younger, and I am > familiar with Mixers, amplifiers, vinyls and I even used briefly the > old BPM Studio version 2.0 (The one that looked like Winamp). > > > Said that, I decided to contribute to it, and I found the tranlations > to be the perfect starting point to do so. (I work as a Java coder and > I am familiar with C++, but mostly with Microsoft's MFC, and not too > much with QT). > > ----------------------- > > > So now that I'm done with the presentation, here's what I would like > to ask: > > > I've been following the beta release of 1.12, testing new builds and, > as I've said, updating the translation to my native tongue, which is > Catalan. > So far, none of the new builds of the application have updated the > tranlation files (qm files), which date from july. > > > * My first question is, Who is responsible of regenerating them? > Should the automated builds be generating them automatically (calling > lrelease on each ts file), or what else? > > > * Next question is, Who is responsible of fetching updated ts files > into GIT? > Obviously, it will be worthless to have an automatic regeneration of > qm files if the ts files are always the same ones. These can be > obtained one by one using the website, but I've read there are tools > to do so in an automated way. You can find some information here, > although I don't know if this fits the goal properly or not (Scroll > down to synchronizing git with transifex): > https://www.transifex.com/blog/2015/how-to-use-git-to-track-changes-in-translation-files/ > > > * This also prompts the next question. Is any relevant developer > following the issues reported in transifex? > ( > https://www.transifex.com/mixxx-dj-software/mixxxdj/translate/#ca/$?issue=yes > ). Ok, probably there's nothing serious right now anyway. > > > > * And last question related to translations of the application is, Who > is responsible of pushing changes of the english translations into > transifex, so that translators can translate them onto their language? > > There aren't any big changes to the sentences, but there have been > some new ones over these months that are not present in transifex for > tranlation. As an example, the sentence under preferences, controllers > that starts with "Mixxx uses 'presets' to connect...". This sentence > is different than the one in transifex. > > > > Btw, on a side note, it seems that the text "File" from the Main menu > is not translated in any language. Is this a bug in the application, > or a problem with Qt? > > ------------------------- > > > Now, onto the second part of the questions. Also translations, but > now, the manual. > > > It's a really nice manual, quite complete and detailed. I've leaned > more and more about Mixxx each chapter I've translated. (It even > prompted me to change some translations I did on the application, to > better reflect the intended meaning). > > > But other than that, "Manual", and "translations" are two things that, > up to now, don't play well. > > > I posted at the forums some problems and solutions I found when trying > to build it on my language: > http://mixxx.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=7586 . I am unsure if > what I wrote there is the only corrrect solution but it is the one > that worked for me. > > I posted there that the instructions on the Readme.md file on Git > should be updated to correct these, things, and I was told to update > it myself if I could. Well, i'm still learning to use Git properly (I > am used to SVN and some things about Git confuse me). > > > * So, can anyone update it meanwhile, or at least verify if this is > the expected way to do so? Note that I've only tried to build the html > version of it, not the PDF. > > > > * On a recent post in the boards, I've seen that you've just setup an > automatic build of the manual, in english, prompted by the requirement > of having an updated PDF for distribution. Well, this process is > "english only" so far. Is it reasonable to ask to build for all > translations? (more than 10% translated if you want, or if that is > even possible to calculate from the commandline). > > > * Probably, a question for a later date is How will this affect the > distribution of the application, and how to show it to the final > users? (Implications on the installer and/or help menu, implications > on the website's version). > > > > * Just like with the translations of the application, there is also > the question of who is responsible of generating the pdf > > * And who is responsible of fetching updated translations from > transifex ( I am unsure if we save this on Git now, so this prompts > for organization as well) > > * And who is responsible of pushing the changes of the english version > to transifex? (There have been some changes recently in Git, which > will probably replace existing translations. So maybe we have to take > a look at the implications of this before doing it, but do it sooner > than later ) > > * There are also some issues > https://www.transifex.com/mixxx-dj-software/mixxxdj-manual/translate/#issues > > > > At last, I am unsure of the implications of moving from version 1.12 > to 2.0. More so if creating the new version in transifex leaves the > translated text behind. I am at 77% of translating it so far and > definitely it has taken much time. > > > > > > > That's all for now. > Hope you can reply to those questions, as it feels a bit strange that > translating the application is easy, but to see the translation, one > nearly has to be part of the development team. > > > > > -- > _ _ /~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-\ > o o | Josep Mª [JAZ] | > º | Messenger: jaze...@hotmail.com | > `-´ | Gtalk: jose...@gmail.com | > \-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Go from Idea to Many App Stores Faster with Intel(R) XDK Give your users > amazing mobile app experiences with Intel(R) XDK. Use one codebase in this > all-in-one HTML5 development environment. 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