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@@ -6,24 +6,22 @@ Internationalization
This part of the documentation covers the localization and translation of LEAP Client.
Because we want to *bring fire to the people*, in as many countries and languages as possible.
-.. note::
- We should probably move the translators info to a top level section of the docs, and leave this
- as internal/tech-savvy notes.
-
Translating the LEAP Client PyQt Application
--------------------------------------------
.. raw:: html
- <div> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none; color:black; font-size:66%" href="https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/leap-client/resource/leap_client_es/" title="See more information on Transifex.com">Top translations: leap-client » leap_client_es</a><br/> <img border="0" src="https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/leap-client/resource/leap_client_es/chart/image_png"/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://www.transifex.com/"><img border="0" src="https://ds0k0en9abmn1.cloudfront.net/static/charts/images/tx-logo-micro.646b0065fce6.png"/></a></div>
+ <div><a target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none; color:black; font-size:66%" href="https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/leap-client/resource/leap-client/" title="See more information on Transifex.com">Top translations: leap-client » leap-client</a><br/><img border="0" src="https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/leap-client/resource/leap-client/chart/image_png"/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://www.transifex.com/"><img border="0" src="https://ds0k0en9abmn1.cloudfront.net/static/charts/images/tx-logo-micro.646b0065fce6.png"/></a></div>
For translators
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. note::
- ... unfinished
+ We should probably move the translators info to a top level section of the docs, and leave this
+ as internal notes.
-We are using `transifex <http://transifex.com/projects/p/leap-client>`_ site to coordinate translation efforts. If you want to contribute, just sign up there and ...
+
+We are using `transifex <http://transifex.com/projects/p/leap-client>`_ to coordinate translation efforts. If you want to contribute, just sign up there and ...
.. note::
... and what??
@@ -32,8 +30,9 @@ For devs: i18n conventions
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. note::
- should link to PyQt docs on i18n
- also our special cases (labels and exceptions)
+ should say something about our special cases (provider labels and exceptions) when we get decision about it.
+
+Refer to `pyqt documentation <http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/static/Docs/PyQt4/html/i18n.html>`_.
tl;dr;::
@@ -41,17 +40,64 @@ tl;dr;::
for any string that you want to be translated.
+.. Note about this: there seems to be some problems with the .tr method
+ on QObjects. Investigate this.
+ I still believe we can use a generic _ method which is smart enough to
+ fallback to QObject.tr methods or lookup our own tr implementation (for our
+ multilungual objects, like in exceptions or provider labels that came from json objects).
+ --kali
+
For i18n maintainers
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-.. note::
+You need ``pylupdate4`` for these steps. To get it, in debian::
- how do we use the transifex client; automation.
+ $ apt-get install python-qt4-utils
If you do not already have it, install the ``transifex-client`` from the cheese shop::
pip install transifex-client
+You can learn more about the transifex-client `here <http://help.transifex.com/features/client/index.html>`_.
+
+**1.** Add any new source files to the project file, ``data/leap_client.pro``. *We should automate this with some templating, it's tedious.*
+
+**2.** Update the source .ts file ``data/ts/en_US.ts``.::
+
+ $ make translations
+
+**3.** Push source .ts file to transifex::
+
+ $ tx push -s
+
+**4.** Let the translation fairies do their work...
+
+**5.** *Et voila!* Get updated .ts files for each language from ``Transifex``. For instance, to pull updated spanish translations::
+
+ $ tx pull -l es
+ Pulling new translations for resource leap-client.leap-client (source: data/ts/en_US.ts)
+ -> es: data/translations/es.ts
+ Done.
+
+
+Note that there is a configuration option in ``.tx/config`` for setting the minimum completion percentage needed to be able to actually pull a resource.
+
+**6.** Generate .qm files from the updated .ts files::
+
+ $ make translations
+
+and yes, it's the same command than in step 2. One less thing to remember :)
+
+**7.** Check that the .qm for the language you're working with is listed in ``data/resources/locale.qrc`` file. That should take the translated files from ``data/translations``
+
+**8.** Re-generate ``src/leap/gui/locale_qrc``. This is the embedded resource file that we load in the main app entry point; and from where we load the data for the qt translator object::
+
+ $ make resources
+
+If you want to try it, just set your LANG environment variable::
+
+ $ LANG=es_ES leap-client
+
Translating the Documentation
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