Quick Guide for new translations
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If you want to translate Geany into another language, please go to the language statistics page
(see below) to see whether your desired language already exists. If it already exists, please
read the next section. Otherwise, get the SVN version of Geany, change to the po directory and
start the new translation with:
msginit -l ll_CC -o ll.po -i geany.pot

Fill in ll with the language code and CC with the country code. For example, to translate Geany
into Italian you would type:
msginit -l it_IT -o it.po -i geany.pot

This will create a file it.po. This file can be opened with a text editor (like Geany ;-)) or
you can also use a graphical interface. I can suggest PoEdit(http://www.poedit.org/), but there
are several other GUIs.

When you have finished editing the file, check the file with:
msgfmt -c --check-accelerators=_ it.po

Please take care of menu accelerators(strings containing a "_").
The "_" character should also be in your translation. Additionally, it would be nice if these
accelerators are not twice for two strings inside on dialog or sub menu.

Then send the file to Frank Lanitz and he will add the translation.

It is a good idea to write to Frank before you start or while translating, because he can give
you some hints on translating and ensure that the translation is not already in progress.


Notes for updating translations
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If you want to update an existing translation, please contact Frank Lanitz.
He is supervising all translation issues and will contact the maintainer of the translation you
want to update to avoid any conflicts.

Some translation statistics can be found at: http://geany.uvena.de/i18n/


I18n mailing list
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There is also a mailing list dedicated to translation issues. Please visit
http://geany.uvena.de/Support/MailingList for more information.


Contact: Frank Lanitz <frank(at)frank(dot)uvena(dot)de>
