[Sugar-devel] [SoaS] Etoys translations

[Simon Schampijer]

On 06/01/2012 05:24 PM, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
> On 28.05.2012, at 21:48, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
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>> On 28.05.2012, at 20:29, Peter Robinson wrote:
>>
>>> As mentioned previously look at the other Activities, like TurtleArt,
>>> it works like the rest of the distro translation stuff, I'm not sure
>>> if there's other sugar bits that assist with that.
>>
>> Other activities have only a single mo file. Other activities use the gettext library so they do not have to worry about where the files are.
>>
>> Etoys has multiple mo files. Etoys does not use gettext, so it needs to know where to find the translation files.
>
> I would add that other activities only have translated LC_MESSAGES. Etoys also has translated QuickGuides, see its current locale directory.
>
>> It's precisely about those differences I'm asking you for clarification. See my previous message.
>>
>> Until now, Etoys just did its own thing, and that worked fine. But there must be a good reason why you want the mo files in the system default directory. (What is that reason, btw?) So I'm trying to find a way to make it happen. If I know what the constraints are, we surely can find a way to make it fit.
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>> - Bert -
>
>
> So, what are the constraints?
>
> - Bert -

Hi Bert,

so looks like the main issue about translations is installing the .mo 
files on a non standard place in a non standard way.

A few questions around the topic:

- can the mo files be in one file?
- if not, can they be renamed with a prefix like you suggested?
- as far as I understood you don't use gettext, I presume that is out of 
question, right?

I am sure we can sort this out in one way or another to make Peter's 
life easier.

Thanks,
    Simon

PS: I am sending you good energy to finally do the move handle presence 
inside Etoys, so we can kill the PS. I know you are on your own in Etoys 
land atm...but you are skilled :)