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diff --git a/docs/dev/internationalization.rst b/docs/dev/internationalization.rst index e6b89dea..1a9af0be 100644 --- a/docs/dev/internationalization.rst +++ b/docs/dev/internationalization.rst @@ -38,21 +38,30 @@ tl;dr;:: self.tr('your string') -for any string that you want to be translated. +for any string that you want to be translated, as long as the instance derives from ``QObject``. + +If you have to translate something that it is not a ``QObject``, use the magic leap ``translate`` method: + + +.. code-block:: python + + from leap.util.translations import translate + + class Foo(object): + bar = translate(<Context>, <string>, <comment>) + .. 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). + so the translate method could actually be the preferred thing in all the cases. + Still missing what to do for language labels (json-based). --kali For i18n maintainers ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -You need ``pylupdate4`` for these steps. To get it, in debian:: +You need ``pylupdate4`` and ``lrelease`` for these steps. To get it, in debian:: - $ apt-get install python-qt4-utils + $ apt-get install pyqt4-dev-tools qt4-linguist-tools If you do not already have it, install the ``transifex-client`` from the cheese shop:: |