$Horde: horde/docs/TRANSLATIONS,v 1.6 2004/05/04 14:26:29 jan Exp $
Horde Translation Guide
Copyright 2000-2002 Joris Braakman <jbraakman@yahoo.com>
Copyright 2001-2002 Chuck Hagenbuch <chuck@horde.org>
Copyright 2001-2004 Jan Schneider <jan@horde.org>
Contents
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- GNU gettext, PHP and Horde
- Translations don't work
- Solaris
GNU gettext, PHP and Horde
--------------------------
Horde uses GNU gettext for internationalization (i18n) and localization
(l10n). The manual at http://www.gnu.org/manual/gettext/index.html is
biased against C and using Emacs. This is more for Horde.
There is a good explanation for PHP and gettext at:
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge-base/view.phtml/aid/2953/fid/422
People seem to like learning from examples better, so I have used
dutch (nl_NL) as an example everywhere.
There is a command line tool written in PHP for creating and managing
translations in the horde/po/ directory. Usage instructions can be found in
horde/po/README.
Translations don't work
-----------------------
If all or some translations don't work on your system, please follow the steps
described below. If you want to ask for help either on the i18n mailing list
(http://horde.org/mail/) or on Horde's bug system, please explain which steps
you tried and which failed.
You might also find some more information in the FAQ at http://horde.org/faq/.
Please note that Dutch (nl_NL) is only used as an example here. If you have
problems with a certain translation use this translation's language code
instead.
Is this locale (nl_NL) installed at all?
$ locale -a
should list all locales installed on your system.
On Debian not all locales may be enabled by default. Edit /etc/locale.gen and
run locale-gen if you changed the list of enabled locales.
Do you have any .mo files? Usually in /usr/share/locale/
e.g. /usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/tar.mo
Does gettext even work?
Get a string to translate,
$ strings /bin/tar | grep Memory
Memory exhausted
$ (LANG=nl_NL; LANGUAGE=nl_NL; LC_MESSAGES=nl_NL; gettext tar "Memory exhausted" )
Geheugen uitgeput
Does the local Horde file work?
Assuming that you have put the translated Horde file in
/data/www/horde/locale/nl_NL/LC_MESSAGES/horde.mo
$ export TEXTDOMAINDIR=/data/www/horde/locale
$ (LANG=nl_NL; LANGUAGE=nl_NL; LC_MESSAGES=nl_NL; gettext horde "Message" )
Bericht
Create a file in the horde directory, langtest.php:
<?php
setlocale(LC_MESSAGES, 'nl_NL');
putenv('LANG=nl_NL');
putenv('LANGUAGE=nl_NL');
// use the tar test.
echo dgettext('tar', 'Memory exhausted');
echo '<br />';
// Specify location of translation tables
bindtextdomain('horde', './locale');
// Choose domain
textdomain('horde');
// Print the already tested message
echo _("Message");
echo '<br />';
// this should print the same.
echo dgettext('horde', 'Message');
?>
OUTPUT web browser:
Geheugen uitgeput
Bericht
Bericht
Solaris
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Since the .mo files are binary, they are platform specific. You
have to rerun make in all po directories.
On Solaris 7, you don't have the Partial Locales (SUNWploc) and Supplementary
Partial Locales (SUNWploc1) packages installed if you get:
$ LANG=nl_NL
couldn't set locale correctly
On Solaris 8, you must install the local packages required for the locales you
desire (for example, you may need to install SUNWweuos for Western European
locales or SUNWmeaos for Middle Eastern locales). The packages are located on
Software Disk 1 of 2 in the directory: sol_8_1001_sparc/s0/Solaris_8/Product
This is what it should say:
Solaris 7:
$ pkginfo | grep ploc
system SUNWploc Partial Locales
system SUNWploc1 Supplementary Partial Locales
Solaris 8:
$ pkginfo | grep euo
system SUNWceuos Central Europe OS Support
system SUNWceuox Central Europe 64-bit OS Support
system SUNWeeuos Eastern Europe OS Support
system SUNWeeuox Eastern Europe 64-bit OS Support
system SUNWneuos Northern Europe OS Support
system SUNWneuox Northern Europe 64-bit OS Support
system SUNWseuos Southern Europe OS Support
system SUNWseuox Southern Europe 64-bit OS Support
system SUNWweuos Western Europe OS Support
system SUNWweuox Western Europe 64-bit OS Support
The stuff is installed in /usr/lib/locale
$ ls /usr/lib/locale/nl
LC_COLLATE LC_CTYPE LC_MESSAGES LC_MONETARY LC_NUMERIC LC_TIME nl.so.1
We assume that the Solaris gettext implementation is installed when we compile
the translations. Thus the make process will fail if the installed gettext is
from GNU. If anyone knows how to determine if the installed gettext is from
Solaris or GNU on Solaris systems, please send us a note.
It was also reported that the HTTP server has to be linked to the same
libintl.so file as PHP on Solaris. Also, it may be required that libintl.so
be loaded before libc is loaded. If you are having conflicts, you may be
able to reside them by starting apache with one of the following commands:
LD_PRELOAD=libintl.so apachectl start
