languages/README.txt

   1 Using translations:
   2   copy the languages folder into your x3 runtime directory, and restart x3.
   3   alternate languages will be available in /msg authserv set lanugage
   4   NOTE: Currently no other languages are caught up to recent development.
   5   if you speak them, please see below for updating instructions.
   6
   7 Translating:
   8 Thanks for your interest in helping to translate X3 to other languages.
   9
  10 How to make a new language:
  11
  12 1: run the export script, to make an up-to-date "C" baseline db:
  13    ./lang_export.sh > strings.db
  14 2: make a dir for your language such as de/
  15    mkdir fo
  16 3: copy thi strings.db into your new dir
  17    cp strings.db fo
  18 4: copy the help files into your new dir
  19    cp ../src/*.help fo
  20 5: edit the .help and .db files, translating them to your laungage.
  21    nano fo/strings.db  (etc)
  22 6: test the strings.db file
  23    ./validate.pl fo
  24 7: fix any problems.
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  27 How to keep your language up to date after changes:
  28
  29 1: run the export script, to make an up-to-date "C" baseline db:
  30    ./lang_export.sh > strings.db
  31 2: test the strings.db file
  32    ./validate.pl fo
  33 3: fix any changes.
  34
  35 You should also watch the cvs mailing list for changes in meaning of the strings
  36 since X3 is under active development.
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