From ae4934d97fecea3d0a1fd70616e7790d75070e47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Burt P Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2017 14:31:18 -0500 Subject: po/HOWTO.txt: copy notes from CONTRIBUTING Remove old notes. Signed-off-by: Burt P --- po/HOWTO.txt | 20 +++++++------------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) (limited to 'po') diff --git a/po/HOWTO.txt b/po/HOWTO.txt index 2a0775dd..afe9a8c2 100644 --- a/po/HOWTO.txt +++ b/po/HOWTO.txt @@ -1,15 +1,9 @@ +Translators +=========== -To update the .pot and existing translations use: - bash updatepo.sh - ------ - -update .pot : - --don't!-- make pot in build/ - absolute paths will appear in the .pot - try : - xgettext -d hardinfo -o hardinfo.pot -k_ -kN_ -kC_:1c,2 -kNC_:1c,2 -c/ --from-code=UTF-8 ... - -update .po files after .pot update : - msgmerge -N XX.po hardinfo.pot > XX_.po && mv XX_.po XX.po +IF POSSIBLE, run `bash updatepo.sh` in the po/ directory before begining. +This will regenerate hardinfo.pot and update all the .po files. +NOTHING IS LOST if this isn't done, but it prevents wasting time translating +strings that have changed, or are no longer used. +DO NOT use `make pot`! -- cgit v1.2.3