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authorDan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>2007-02-12 16:19:35 +0000
committerDan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>2007-02-12 16:19:35 +0000
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parent8cb0758beb5f24ffc827925bbbc3841ca511dc86 (diff)
* Updated translation-help guide with instructions for updating one po file.
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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