Re: AbWord L10n update

Thank you for your help. I also found out that sending
translation to jim would work as well. I'll confirm it here once
done.


Best,

Besnik


Më 11/12/2012 09:34 PM, Chris Leonard shkrojti:
> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Besnik Bleta <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>> M� 08/10/2012 07:48 AM, Chris Leonard shkrojti:
>>>
>>>
>>> A couple of points on L10n.
>>>
>>> 1)  There has been a little more string churn, so please check your
>>> languages again for additional strings.  Chances are there are some
>>> fuzzy strings that have to do with punctuation and stuff, they should
>>> be quick to resolve and submit.
>>>
>>> http://translate.sugarlabs.org/projects/AbiWord/
>>>
>>> 2)  As Prashant announced:
>>>
>>> http://www.abisource.com/mailinglists/abiword-dev/2012/Aug/0028.html
>>>
>>> We'll be switching from plain vanilla NSIS to Unicode NSIS
>>>
>>> http://www.scratchpaper.com/
>>>
>>> The good news:
>>>
>>> This will allow us to support a full range of languages and their
>>> scripts in localizing our Windows installer via the NSH files posted
>>> in the AbiWord project on Pootle (Windows_Installer_.nsh_strings.po).
>>>
>>> The eventually good news:
>>> Just to be clear about how this works, AbiWord's NSH file is used by
>>> Unicode NSIS, which has it's own strings that need to be localized.
>>> If your language name appears in the list down below, the Unicode NSIS
>>> upstream is already localized, if it does not, the upstream strings
>>> will need to be localized and submitted upstream so that Unicode NSIS
>>> can support your language.  That is why I call this the "eventually
>>> good news".
>>>
>>> If your language is set up in our Pootle instance, but is not listed
>>> as being localized upstream, I will be setting up some PO files for
>>> you to complete so we can submit them upstream, this will obviously
>>> take some time to trickle back downstream into AbiWord, but it will
>>> also make it possible for others to create localized Window's
>>> installers for the other packages that use Unicode NSIS.
>>>
>>> Uncode NSIS is used by other projects for their Windows installer:
>>>
>>> http://www.scratchpaper.com/home/shameless-promotion
>>>
>>> That's a bunch of Mozilla stuff, Open Office, etc., we might want to
>>> have them add AbiWord to that list.
>>>
>>> The Unicode NSIS people have a forum to post translations and we'll
>>> see if they accept the PO files as-is or if they'll require having
>>> them formated into their .nlr and .nsh formats.  If so, I may ask for
>>> some help with that.
>>
>>
>> What about updating an existing translation? Where should they be
>> sent/submitted?
>>
>> cheers
>> Besnik
>
> The link below is a forum where Unicode NSIS project accepts
> submissions (one of several methods for submitting) .  They are not
> expecting them in PO format, they probably want them in NSH or NLR
>
>>>
>>> http://forums.winamp.com/forumdisplay.php?f=159
>>>
>>> cjl
>
> The local AbiWord Windows installer NSH was reformated from the
> completed PO file (by me)  and committed on Oct 23rd  r32237 (by
> Prashant Bafna), but I assume from the context your question is mostly
> about thupstream Unicode NSIS files.
>
> It looks like they last update Albanian in 2.46.5 posted May 10, 2012
>
> Per this message:
>
> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=007001c4d472%24e258fee0%240200a8c0%40yacko&forum_name=nsis-translate
>
> If you have noticed errors in the NSIS NLF or NSH files that you'd
> like to correct, download the files from:
>
> http://code.google.com/p/unsis/source/checkout
>
> Specifically
>
> http://code.google.com/p/unsis/source/browse/Contrib/Language%20files/Unicode/Albanian.nlf
>
> and
>
> http://code.google.com/p/unsis/source/browse/Contrib/Language%20files/Unicode/Albanian.nsh
>
> make corrections and and then either
>
> A) post to http://forums.winamp.com/forumdisplay.php?f=159
>
> B) alternatively post as a bug here:
>
> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=22049&atid=373087
>
> C) or e-mail to
>
> [email protected]
> [email protected]
>
> I apologize that I have not gotten around to improving documentation
> about upstream L10n related to AbiWord, but thingsg have been really
> busy.  I have stayed on top of getting any new AbiWord files
> submitted, including the Windows installer NSH.
>
> cjl
>