Writing translations Last updated: $Date: 2000/06/02 22:13:48 $ Get gettext ----------- If you want to translate modlogan into your language you need the gettext-package installed. Solaris: Don't use GNU gettext package. Use the Sun-packages. Otherwise you wont get any translations. All other: If don't have gettext installed get it from ftp://ftp.gnu.org or one of its mirrors. Initial translation ------------------- Change into the po/ directory Copy modlogan.pot to <language-code that is also used in to LANG environment>.po E.g. $ cp modlogan.pot fr.po Edit every line that starts with 'msgstr'. Fill the double-quotes with your translation. Check if anything went wrong: $ make update-po Edit the configure.in the base directory and add your language-code the the ALL_LINGUAS string. E.g. ALL_LINGUAS="de fr" If no errors occure send the your translation to <jan@kneschke.de>. Updating translation -------------------- tupdate is your friend if you want to update a translation. call it in the following fashion: $ tupdate <new> <old> > <language-code>.po.new replace <new> by modlogan.pot and <old> by <language-code>.po edit the lines starting with 'msgstr' like before.