Re: .mo file?

Seems to work!

I made a change to the .po file, saved it and renamed the .mo file accordingly to "freeciv-core.mo“ and put it under /Applications/freeciv.app/Contents/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES

Result:
The changed text was displayed in the app! (see screenshot)

I will do some further testing the next days, if spare time is available…

Thanks!

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Mathias


> Am 06.03.2022 um 14:39 schrieb Marko Lindqvist <[email protected]>:
> 
> 
>  If you get .mo out from poedit, I wonder if it would be one that works with the existing freeciv installation. Of course there's always some version mismatch when the freeciv installation and the .po -file have a bit different strings, but that should not make it unusable. Especially just now the .po files in files.freeciv.org <http://files.freeciv.org/> are still those of 3.0.0 (I have not refreshed them since). You might be able to replace de.mo from the installation with your own de.mo.
> 
> 
>  - ML
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> 
> On Sun, 6 Mar 2022 at 13:32, Ask Hjorth Larsen <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Dear Mathias,
> 
> Am So., 6. März 2022 um 11:31 Uhr schrieb Mathias (GER, Freeciv) <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>:
> When I open the translations file „de.po“ in Poedit, make changes and save it, another file is also generated and saved: „de.mo“.
> 
> It says „Kompilierte Übersetzung“ = "Compiled translation“ in macOS finder. See attached screenshot.
> 
> What’s that for?
> 
> It is needed for the program to load translations when running.
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>  
> Is that necessary for the process as well?
> 
> It is not necessary for translators to think about .mo files as part of an ordinary translation workflow.
> 
> Best regards
> Ask
>  
> 
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> Mathias