February 2007
This file is mainly intended for those who have no or little experience using
-.po files, but want to contribute by translating the LyX interface into their
-native language.
+.po files, but want to contribute by translating the LyX interface (i.e. menu
+and dialog items, console messages) into their native language.
1) WHERE DO I START?
invent your own working shortcuts for dialog and menu entries and resolve
possible conflicts of the same shortcut chars in one menu...
-Note also that there are already used global shortcuts (such as p k x c m) and
-you should avoid to use these characters for first-level menu shortcuts.
+Note also that there are already used global shortcuts (such as p k x c m s a)
+and you should avoid to use these characters for first-level menu shortcuts.
'$' and '%' are usually used as handlers for formatting or variables to be
inserted into the strings. Character sequences like %1$s or %1$d MUST also