New submission from Benjamin Kane <bbk1...@gmail.com>:
Localizing a Python application involves using the `gettext` standard library module to read .mo files. There are three scripts to assist with this in https://github.com/bbkane/cpython/tree/master/Tools/i18n : - makelocalealias.py : Convert the X11 locale.alias file into a mapping dictionary suitable for locale.py. - msgfmt.py : Generate binary message catalog from textual translation description - pygettext.py : Generate .pot files identical to what GNU xgettext[2] generates for C and C++ code (these can be translated by msgfmt.py) I recently wrote a tutorial to localize a Python Script ( https://github.com/bbkane/arcade/blob/bbkane/add_localization_example/doc/examples/text_loc_example.rst ) and I had to tell my users (a student audience) to download these scripts from GitHub. I would have been much happier to ask them to use a builtin Python tool available from the `-m` switch (similar to `python -m json.tool`), so this issue is to add that. The docs ( https://docs.python.org/3/library/gettext.html#internationalizing-your-programs-and-modules ) mention these scripts, but do not provide any information on how to get them. Possible solutions: - turn gettext.py into a package and put these scripts into a tool subpackage (similar to json.tool) - Add a separate package (il8n perhaps) and put these scripts into there - Add links to these scripts and instructions to use them in the docs. ---------- messages: 341771 nosy: bbkane priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Make il8n tools available from `python -m` _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue36837> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
