Re: [SliTaz] Requirement Translation Files

[Gabriel Henrique <gabrielmmoderno@xxxxxxxxx>]

2016-06-18 6:28 GMT-03:00, Aleksej Bobylev <al.bobylev@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi Gabriel!
>
> This work is very time-consumed, and I will not send you any .po or .pot
> files.
>
> I hope this small tutorial I wrote for you will help you in your work.
> Let's go!
>
>
> Get the SliTaz-3.0 image
> ------------------------
>
> Get the SliTaz-3.0 ISO file from here (probably you need both
> "slitaz-3.0.iso" and "slitaz-3.0.md5" files):
>
> http://mirror.slitaz.org/iso/3.0/
>
> Check your downloaded image using MD5 sum:
>
>     md5sum -c slitaz-3.0.md5
>
> Open ISO in your preferred application (I use "ISO Master" on SliTaz).
> Extract "/boot/rootfs.gz" from ISO.
>
>
> Extract the SliTaz-3.0 image
> ----------------------------
>
> Make separate working folder. Put "rootfs.gz" here to not mess with
> the other files.
>
> File named "rootfs.gz" really is CPIO-archive compressed by LZMA
> regardless of the name :) So, rename it:
>
>     mv rootfs.gz rootfs.cpio.lzma
>
> Now extract it as LZMA archive. I prefer to do it in the terminal,
> but you are free to use your preferred archiver, for example, PeaZip
> or 7Zip:
>
>     lzcat rootfs.cpio.lzma > rootfs.cpio
>
> Now we have "rootfs.cpio". Next, extract it as CPIO archive. I still
> prefer to use terminal:
>
>     cpio -idmF rootfs.cpio
>
> Some warnings may be here because it can't correctly extract /dev
> folder on non-native filesystem.
>
> And now we finished with SliTaz-3.0 filesystem fully extracted here,
> on your previously created working folder: /bin, /dev, /etc, /home,
> /lib...
>
>
> Determine the versions of the applications
> ------------------------------------------
>
> You need translations NOT for ANY version of the application.
> You need translations for EXACT version of each application. Why?
>
> Developers are free to add new phrases, as well as remove old ones
> from version to version. At the same time the most strings aren't
> changed from version to version. But if you want perfect result,
> please use the translations provided for the exact version or each
> application.
>
> So, how to determine versions? Go working folder where SliTaz-3.0
> is extracted. Next go to:
>
>     var -> lib -> tazpkg -> installed
>
> Here you'll find a 202 folders: one for each package installed on
> SliTaz-3.0. Examine them all. Some applications are supported
> translations, some not. Some applications are already translated:
> you can find translation files in the working folder:
>
>     usr -> share -> locale -> pt -> LC_MESSAGES
>
> So, return to version determine. For example, I want the package
> "alsaplayer". Open the file in the text editor:
>
>     var -> lib -> tazpkg -> installed -> alsaplayer -> receipt
>
> Here we can read:
>
>     . . .
>     PACKAGE="alsaplayer"
>     VERSION="0.99.80"
>     . . .
>     TARBALL="$PACKAGE-$VERSION.tar.gz"
>     . . .
>
> Now you know that version of alsaplayer installed in the SliTaz-3.0
> is "0.99.80", and source files you can find in the tarball named
> "alsaplayer-0.99.80.tar.gz" (later about it).
>
> Next example is for "isomaster":
>
>     PACKAGE="isomaster"
>     VERSION="1.3.5"
>     TARBALL="$PACKAGE-$VERSION.tar.bz2"
>
> So, sources are in the "isomaster-1.3.5.tar.bz2" file.
>
>
> Getting packages sources
> ------------------------
>
> SliTaz want to be the small by removing any file that not need to
> run the application. Unfortunately, in some cases it includes the
> removal of documentation (that help you use the program) and
> translations (that help you understand the program).
>
> But thanks to SliTaz developers you can easy download source of
> any package (of any SliTaz) here:
>
> http://mirror.slitaz.org/sources/
>
> For example, alsaplayer sources you will find here:
>
> http://mirror.slitaz.org/sources/packages-3.0/a/
>
> (file "alsaplayer-0.99.80.tar.gz", you remember)
>
>
> Get the alsaplayer pt_BR translation
> ------------------------------------
>
> Download source tarball "alsaplayer-0.99.80.tar.gz".
>
> Extract it. Strange, but I failed to extract it in the easy way.
> It revealed that this "*.tar.gz" archive is extra-compressed
> using "gz". So, I renamed it to "alsaplayer-0.99.80.tgz.gz" and
> extracted it with the two steps without any additional problem.
>
> In the sources you, probably, will find the folder named "po",
> and there you, probably, will find pt_BR translation. OK, go there!
>
> Folder "po" ... found!
>
> pt_BR ... not found!
>
> But, thanks gods :) we can find here template for translation:
> "alsaplayer.pot". You can make your own pt_BR translation based on
> this template.
>
> What about any newer tarballs (with newer translations that we can
> use to simplify the translation process)? Current SliTaz right now
> use "alsaplayer-0.99.81", and here still no pt_BR translation.
> Project is frozen and not developed any more: no new versions, and
> no new translations...
>
>
> Get the isomaster pt_BR translation
> -----------------------------------
>
> Download source tarball "isomaster-1.3.5.tar.bz2".
>
> Extract it. Extracted without any problem.
>
> Folder "po" ... found!
>
> pt_BR ... found!
>
> Compile this "pt_BR.po" file as "isomaster.mo" and put to your
> SliTaz-3.0 locale folder: /usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES.
> That's all!
>
>
> Good luck!
> ----------
>
> Repeat the process with the rest of the packages. Note, some
> packages are not intended to be translated.
>
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>
>
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