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diff --git a/doc/developers/translation b/doc/developers/translation deleted file mode 100644 index 776b5d7..0000000 --- a/doc/developers/translation +++ /dev/null @@ -1,40 +0,0 @@ -Translating SemanticScuttle -=========================== - -SemanticScuttle uses gnu gettext for translation. It does not -rely on the php extension but ships with a pure php implementation, -php-gettext[1]. - -Using gettext from within the code is really easy: -Enclose the string you want to translate in a "T_" function call. - -For example, to translate -> echo "Vote for"; -just write -> echo T_("Vote for"); - - -Translation basics ------------------- - -We keep one base translation file, data/locales/messages.po. -This file is auto-generated via xgettext from all our php source files. -In case you added a new string to the code that needs translation, -update the base translation file by running -> php scripts/update-translation-base.php - -After that has been done, the changes to the base messages.po file -need to be merged into the single language translation files, -for example data/locales/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po. - -Updating them from the master file is as easy as running -> php scripts/update-translation.php de_DE - -When the translation is ready, the .po file needs to be compiled -in a machine-readable .mo file. Use -> php scripts/compile-translation.php de_DE -to achieve that. - - - -[1] https://launchpad.net/php-gettext/
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