Localization/Translation FAQ
- (2007-2015)
+ (2007-2018)
by Ran Rutenberg, Pavel Sanda, Michael Gerz
The file you need to edit is an xx.po file where xx stands for your language's
two letter code. For a list of language codes look at:
- http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_mono/gettext.html#Language-Codes
+ https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_mono/gettext.html#Language-Codes
If you want to start from scratch then you should obtain a copy of the lyx.pot
and name it after your language. German would be for example de.po and Polish
(development version) and branch (stable version). Unless the development
version is shortly before release it is better to start your translating
work on the stable version. If you have no idea how to get those trees you
-can follow http://www.lyx.org/HowToUseGIT page.
+can follow https://www.lyx.org/HowToUseGIT page.
2) HOW DO I EDIT PO FILES?
Send your edited xx.po file to po-updates@lyx.org.
-Also you can check http://www.lyx.org/trac/browser/lyxgit/?rev=master to track
+Also you can check https://www.lyx.org/trac/browser/lyxgit/?rev=master to track
changes or watch updates.
For a basic idea of how the translation works, you can look at
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettext
+ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettext
For detailed reference (including a full list of country and language codes),
have a look at
- http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/gettext.html
+ https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/gettext.html
Consider subscribing to the documentation list, lyx-docs@lists.lyx.org (rather
The problematic strings can be then fixed in the .po file. For inspiration the
typical places in .po files, where to fix the translation, can be seen on the
-following commit: http://www.lyx.org/trac/changeset/38169.
+following commit: https://www.lyx.org/trac/changeset/38169.
If you need to manually regenerate the layouttranslations file from .po files
-run `make ../lib/layouttranslations' in the po directory. The Python polib
-library is needed for building the output file.
+- Under Linux: If using autotools, execute the command
+ `make ../lib/layouttranslations'
+ in the po directory. If using CMake, execute the command
+ `make layouttranslations1'
+ in the build directory.
+ The Python polib library is needed for building the output file.
+- Under Windows:
+ 1. install the Python extensions "polib". To do this,
+ 1.1 open a commen line prompt in the folder where you find the file "pip.exe"
+ withing the python installation folder.
+ 1.2 execute the command
+ pip install polib
+ 2. close the command prompt and open the file "lyx.sln" with MSVC. You find
+ file in the compilation result folder you set for LyX
+ 3. right click in MSVC on the target "layouttranslations1" and choose "Rebuild"
+
+Optionally - to quickly check whether some new translatable strings appeared
+for your language you can always check ../lib/layouttranslations.review.
Q: Running make ../lib/layouttranslations returns with just saying
../lib/layouttranslations is up to date.