Recompile for translation update under gettext?

[sanna]

Have I understood it correctly when I infer that you have to recompile to update a translation under gettext?

[isaac]

Definitely not, after you have changed the sv.po you only need to generate the .gmo by running:

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make -C po sv.gmo

from the main directory. Then copy the sv.gmo to the place where Wesnoth .mo files reside (renamed as sv.mo).

That should work. I'm really pleased to see that you're trying again.

Best regards.

[yann]

Have I understood it correctly when I infer that you have to recompile to update a translation under gettext?

No, you only have to "compile" the new version of the po file you just updated. You can do that by running "make update-po" in the po directory. That will refresh the wesnoth.pot files in case the source files have changed, resync all *.po files, and rebuild all *.gmo files from them, including yours.

Then "make install" will put the gmo files in the right place, so that the next wesnoth run will see them.

[isaac]

That command basically runs:

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rm -f sv.gmo && /usr/bin/msgfmt -c --statistics -o sv.gmo sv.po

First it deletes the previous gmo and then run the msgfmt program to generate the .gmo from the .po.

The .po file (as you know) is an UTF-8 ASCII file with the translations and all the non-translated strings.

The .mo file is a binary version of the .po file, which is smaller and faster, and because of that is used when the program runs instead of the .po.

[sanna]

I'm really pleased to see that you're trying again.

Well, I'm not REALLY translating again, just trying to get the version yeti compiled working with 0.8.3 Frankly, I want something like poedit on mac!

Then copy the sv.gmo to the place where Wesnoth .mo files reside (renamed as sv.mo).

Oh deary me, where might that be on mac?

[yann]

I'm really pleased to see that you're trying again.

Well, I'm not REALLY translating again, just trying to get the version yeti compiled working with 0.8.3 Frankly, I want something like poedit on mac!

Then copy the sv.gmo to the place where Wesnoth .mo files reside (renamed as sv.mo).

Oh deary me, where might that be on mac?

Hm, maybe we should install by default the compiled catalogs under $datadir, to make things easier. People willing to install them in a central place can always override the defaults.