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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.in : |
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23 Linux Installer Template, written in bash. l10n-enabled messages |
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24 are printed using the function "getxt" or "fatal" (which in turn |
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25 uses getxt for output). The semantics are these of printf and all |
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26 messages are in English. |
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28 * linux-installer.l10n-de : |
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30 This file contains the associative array L10N_DE which has the |
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31 English messages as used in linux-installer.inc.in as keys and the |
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32 corresponding German strings as values. |
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34 * getxt-gen-l10n-array.sh : |
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36 A tool to update the file linux-installer.l10n-de. Detailed usage |
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37 is described in the commends at the head of the file. It performs |
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38 the following steps: |
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40 1. collect all message strings used with "getxt" (or "fatal") in the |
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41 source file. |
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43 2. sort and remove any duplicates |
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45 3. merge with existing translations in the array file |
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47 4. write updated array to array file |
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50 How to update translations |
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51 -------------------------- |
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53 When any messages in "linux-installer.inc.in" were changed or added |
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54 the array file "linux-installer.l10n-de" needs to be updated: |
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56 1. Edit "linux-installer.inc.in" (obviously) |
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59 packaging source directory (the directory containing this README): |
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61 $ ./getxt-gen-l10n-array.sh linux-installer.inc.in L10N_DE linux-installer.l10n-de |
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67 CAVEAT: this means that if you change a message the translation |
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68 for the old message will be removed from "linux-installer.l10n-de"! |
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72 reference. |
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78 That's all. Don't forget to commit "linux-installer.l10n-de" along |
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79 with your changes to "linux-installer.inc.in". |