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?
-The file you need to edit it an xx.po file where xx stands for your language's
-two letter code. German would be for example de.po and Polish pl.po. For a list
-of languages codes look at:
+The file you need to edit it an xx.po file where xx stands for your language's
+two letter code. For a list of languages codes look at:
http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_mono/gettext.html#Language-Codes
pl.po. This file is generated in the "po" directory of the source tree during
the compilation.
+There are basically two source trees you can start to work with - trunk
+(development version) and branch (stable version). Unless the development
+version is shortly before release it is better idea 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/HowToUseSVN page.
+
2) HOW DO I EDIT PO FILES?
7) HOW TO CONTRIBUTE MY WORK?
-You can manually use diff utility to make patch; usually the most comfortable
-way is to run something like (after you edit xx.po):
-
- svn diff xx.po > xx.po.patch
-
-This file should be sent to po-updates@lyx.org.
+Send your edited xx.po file to po-updates@lyx.org.
Also you can check http://www.lyx.org/trac/browser/lyx-devel/trunk to track
changes or watch updates.
projects / lyx.git / blobdiff