Video Disk Recorder ('VDR') - Internationalization -------------------------------------------------- The internationalized texts of VDR and its plugins use the 'gettext' functionality. This file provides information on how to maintain these texts. The instructions apply equally to VDR itself or any plugin. How to initiate internationalization support -------------------------------------------- Not every plugin necessarily has texts that are visible to the user, therefore there is by default no 'po' directory. If your plugin source contains texts marked for translation with tr(), you need to - Change into the source directory. - Enter the command 'mkdir po'. After that, continue with "How to translate to a new language". How to translate to a new language ---------------------------------- - Change into the source directory. - Do a 'make i18n' to have the current *.pot file created. - Make sure your locale is set to the language you want to translate to. - Change into the 'po' subdirectory and run 'msginit'. This will create a new *.po file for your language. - Edit the new *.po file and translate the texts. You can do this either with your favorite text editor, or with a specialized tool like POEdit, GTranslator, KBabel or whatever you have. How to maintain an existing language file ----------------------------------------- - Change into the source directory. - Do a 'make i18n' to have the *.po files brought up-to-date with the texts in the source code. - Edit the modified *.po file(s) and translate the texts. If you are using a plain text editor, you should search for empty strings ("") to find new, untranslated texts. Also, look for the "fuzzy" keyword to find translations that have been "guessed" from other, similar texts, and make sure they are correct. After that you may want to remove the "fuzzy" keyword. Specialized tools for maintaining translation files may provide particular functions to guide you through updating translations. Once you have created or updated a translation file, please send it to the maintainer of the respective plugin (in case it belongs to a plugin) or to kls@tvdr.de (for core VDR language files).