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| author | Remko Tronçon <git@el-tramo.be> | 2012-10-19 18:05:14 (GMT) |
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| committer | Remko Tronçon <git@el-tramo.be> | 2012-10-19 18:29:51 (GMT) |
| commit | 19025d1bed4bb9d7c9150434cf82764e78a8eec5 (patch) | |
| tree | c10b54e0cf66b0af51c5890feb5a1b5d6a2a9f53 | |
| parent | de3ceb65cb366cda647ea0d3ca7b1f334b90ca41 (diff) | |
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Update translation documentation.
Change-Id: I73b7f0a57312cb0a868f063930aa6535584771d0
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/TranslatingSwift.txt | 38 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/TranslatingSwift.txt b/Documentation/TranslatingSwift.txt index 178f1e2..44dc335 100644 --- a/Documentation/TranslatingSwift.txt +++ b/Documentation/TranslatingSwift.txt @@ -6,8 +6,13 @@ have Qt (with Qt Linguist installed). Starting a new translation -------------------------- -- Run the following command to generate a clean translation template 'swift.ts': +- If you have a source tree checkout, run the following command to generate a clean + translation template 'swift.ts': + scons update_translations=1 Swift/Translations/swift.ts + + If you don't have a source tree checkout, download swift_ts from + http://swift.im/translations/master - Rename the new 'swift.ts' file to swift_<LANGUAGE-CODE>.ts, e.g. "swift_nl.ts" for Dutch - Open the file in Qt Linguist, and translate the phrases. @@ -15,19 +20,14 @@ Starting a new translation - Translate the Swift/resources/swift.desktop entry. - Submit your finished translation file to the Swift development team. -If you have trouble generating the translation file yourself, you can ask the -Swift development team to provide you with a new translation template for your -language. - Updating an existing translation -------------------------------- -- Run the following command to update an existing translation template: +- If you have a source tree checkout, run the following command to update an existing + translation template: scons update_translations=1 Swift/Translations/<your-translation-file> - -If you have trouble updating the translation file yourself, you can ask the -Swift development team to provide you with a new translation template for your -language. +- If you don't have a source tree checkout, get the latest version of your translation + from http://swift.im/translations/master Testing your translation @@ -42,15 +42,21 @@ development environment for Swift), or automatically: - On Mac OS X, use "Show Package Contents" on Swift.app, and put the translation file in Contents/Resources/translations - On Linux, in /usr/share/swift/translations -- Automatically: +- Automatically (with source tree checkout): - Ensure your translation file is in Swift/Translations/swift_<YOURLANGUAGE>.ts - Build Swift (for more details, see the building documentation): scons Swift This will build translation modules (.qm) for your translation sources, and put them in the right place. -Finally, run Swift. If your system isn't set up to use your language, set the -LANG environment variable to the name of your language before running Swift. -For example: - set LANG=nl (on Windows) - export LANG=nl (on Linux or Mac OS X, in Bash) +Finally, run Swift. If your system isn't set up to use your language, you can +override the language: +- For Swift compiled with Qt < 4.8: Set the LANG environment variable to the name of your language + before running Swift. For example: + set LANG=nl (on Windows, or, alternatively, edit the User Environment Variables in Control Panel) + export LANG=nl (on Linux or Mac OS X, in Bash) +- For Swift compiled with Qt >= 4.8: Use the '--language' parameter for Swift: + For example: + Swift.exe --language nl (on Windows, from cmd or by editing the shortcut) + open Swift.app --args --language nl (on Mac OS X, from Terminal) + swift-im --language nl (on Linux) |