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author Emanuel Schuetze <emanuel@intevation.de>
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2 Localization of the GNU/Linux Installer
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5 The GNU/Linux Installer uses a simple custom i18n implementation for
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6 localization. Currently English (default) and German messages are
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7 supported:
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9 All messages in the Installer are written in English, a associative
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10 array L10N_DE holds a German translations for the message strings.
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12 If locale is set to any de_* localization (following the same
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13 semantics as GNU gettext) and a German translation for the particular
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14 message is available it will be printed in German, otherwise the
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15 original English message will be used.
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18 Relevant files
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21 * linux-installer.inc :
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22 linux-installer-common.inc.in :
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23 linux-installer-uninstall.inc :
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25 Linux Installer Templates, written in bash. l10n-enabled messages
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26 are printed using the function "getxt" or "fatal" (which in turn
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27 uses getxt for output). The semantics are these of printf and all
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28 messages are in English.
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30 * linux-installer.l10n-de :
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31 linux-installer-common.l10n-de :
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32 linux-installer-uninstall.l10n-de :
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34 This files contain assignments to the associative array L10N_DE
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35 which has the English messages as used in linux-installer.inc as
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36 keys and the corresponding German strings as values.
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38 * getxt-gen-l10n-array.sh :
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40 A tool to update the file linux-installer.l10n-de. Detailed usage
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41 is described in the commends at the head of the file. It performs
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42 the following steps:
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44 1. collect all message strings used with "getxt" (or "fatal") in the
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45 source file.
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47 2. sort and remove any duplicates
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49 3. merge with existing translations in the array file
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51 4. write updated array to array file
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54 How to update translations
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57 When any messages in "linux-installer.inc.in" were changed or added
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58 the array file "linux-installer.l10n-de" needs to be updated:
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60 1. Edit one or more of "linux-installer.inc",
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61 "linux-installer-common.inc.in", "linux-installer-uninstall.inc"
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62 (obviously)
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64 2. Update the array file using getxt-gen-l10n-array.sh in the
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65 packaging source directory (the directory containing this README)
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66 for the file(s) you edited:
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68 $ ./getxt-gen-l10n-array.sh linux-installer.inc.in L10N_DE linux-installer.l10n-de
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69 $ ./getxt-gen-l10n-array.sh linux-installer-common.inc.in L10N_DE linux-installer-common.l10n-de
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70 $ ./getxt-gen-l10n-array.sh linux-installer-uninstall.inc L10N_DE linux-installer-uninstall.l10n-de
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72 the associative array "L10N_DE" in "linux-installer.l10n-de" will
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73 now contain entries for all new or changed messaged with empty
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74 strings for the German translations.
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76 CAVEAT: this means that if you change a message the translation
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77 for the old message will be removed from "linux-installer.l10n-de"!
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78 If you (slightly) change messages instead of adding or removing you
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79 might want to keep a copy of the old version of
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80 "linux-installer.l10n-de", so you can use the old translations as a
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81 reference.
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83 3. Edit "linux-installer.l10n-de" and add the missing translations.
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84 They are best found by searching for empty strings, which are
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85 denoted by two consecutive quotation marks: "" in your editor.
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87 That's all. Don't forget to commit "linux-installer.l10n-de" along
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88 with your changes to "linux-installer.inc.in".
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