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diff --git a/src/po/README_mvc.txt b/src/po/README_mvc.txt index 691e6ae..ae9fa2b 100644 --- a/src/po/README_mvc.txt +++ b/src/po/README_mvc.txt @@ -2,18 +2,19 @@ TRANSLATING VIM MESSAGES This file explains how to create and maintain po files using a number of GnuWin packages. You will need gettext, libiconv and libexpat. As of -August 2010 the versions known to work are gettext 0.14.4, libiconv 1.9.2-1 -and expat 2.0.1. gettext and libiconv can be found at: +January 2024 the versions known to work are gettext 0.14.4, libiconv 1.9.2-1 +and expat 2.5.0. Gettext and libiconv can be found at: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/ expat can be found at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/ +or + https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat expat will install into its own directory. You should copy libexpat.dll into the bin directory created from the gettext/libiconv packages. - Or Michele Locati kindly provides precompiled binaries gettext 0.21 and iconv 1.16 for Windows on his site: @@ -29,11 +30,13 @@ Set the environment variable LANGUAGE to the language code for the language you are translating Vim messages to. Language codes are typically two characters and you can find a list of them at: - http://www.geocities.com/click2speak/languages.html + https://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php + https://www.science.co.il/language/Codes.php + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639_language_codes -Another possibility is to use the GnuWin32 port of gettext. This is -recommended especially if you use already gnuwin32 tools to gunzip, bunzip, -patch etc. these files. You find the GnuWin32 version of gettext here: +Another possibility is to use the GnuWin32 port of gettext. This is +recommended especially if you use already GnuWin32 tools to gunzip, bunzip, +patch etc. these files. You find the GnuWin32 version of gettext here: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gettext.htm @@ -41,13 +44,16 @@ Yet another very strait forward way is to get the sources of gettext from http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/gettext.html -and build your own version of these tools. The documentation states that this +and build your own version of these tools. The documentation states that this should be possible with MSVC4.0, MSVC5.0, MSVC6.0 or MSVC7.0, but you can build it even successfully with MSVC8.0. The LANGUAGE environment variable can be set from the command line, by adding a line to your autoexec.bat file, or by defining a user variable from the -Advanced tab in the System control panel. +Advanced tab in the System control panel. If the LANGUAGE environment +variable has not been set in any of the above ways, the value of this variable +will be set automatically according to the language used in the OS. This +value will be valid until the "nmake.exe" program terminates. Next, edit Make_mvc.mak so that GETTEXT_PATH points the binary directory of the installation. @@ -56,10 +62,13 @@ the installation. CREATING A NEW TRANSLATION When creating a new translation you must add your language code to the -Make_all.mak file in the lines defining LANGUAGES and MOFILES. To create the -initial .po file for your language you must use the command: +Make_all.mak file in the lines defining LANGUAGES and MOFILES, POFILES and +CHECKFILES. If the encoding of the translation text differs from the default +UTF-8, add a corresponding entry in MOCONVERTED, specifying the required +encoding. +To create the initial .po file for your language you must use the command: - make -f make_mvc.mak first_time + nmake.exe -f Make_mvc.mak first_time Note: You need to be in the po directory when using this makefile. @@ -82,7 +91,7 @@ If there are new or changed messages in Vim that need translating, then the first thing to do is merge them into the existing translations. This is done with the following command: - nmake -f Make_mvc.mak xx.po + nmake.exe -f Make_mvc.mak xx where xx is the language code for the language needing translations. The original .po file is copied to xx.po.orig. @@ -102,23 +111,30 @@ CHECKING THE TRANSLATION Check the translation with the following command: - nmake -f make_mvc.mak xx.mo + nmake.exe -f Make_mvc.mak xx.ck -Correct any syntax errors reported. When there are no more errors, the -translation is ready to be installed. +Correct any errors reported. When there are no more errors, the translation +is ready to be installed. INSTALLING THE TRANSLATION Install your translation with the following command: - nmake -f make_mvc.mak install + nmake.exe -f Make_mvc.mak install This will create the xx\LC_MESSAGES directory in runtime\lang if it does not already exist. You can also use the following command to install all languages: - nmake -f make_mvc.mak install-all + nmake.exe -f Make_mvc.mak install-all + + +AFTER ALL OF THESE STEPS + +Clean the "po" directory of all temporary and unnecessary files. Execute the +command: + nmake.exe -f Make_mvc.mak clean vim:tw=78: |