update german; update i18n guide with msg* commands

[xonotic/xonotic-data.pk3dir.git] / qcsrc / menu / i18n-guide.txt

diff --git a/qcsrc/menu/i18n-guide.txt b/qcsrc/menu/i18n-guide.txt
index bfc89b34c0d128b61cddaa9068ae912a36914ce8..95d662a56880736c0befa7c66abd06badbff1d5e 100644 (file)
--- a/qcsrc/menu/i18n-guide.txt
+++ b/qcsrc/menu/i18n-guide.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+How to make the .po template:
+
+find . -type f -not -name \*.po -not -name \*.txt | xgettext -LC -k_ -f- --from-code utf-8
+
+
+How to compare the .po template against a language file:
+
+msgcmp ../../menu.dat.de.po messages.po
+
+
+How to merge the .po template into a language file:
+
+msgmerge -U ../../menu.dat.de.po messages.po
+
+
 Guideline:
 - do NOT translate strings in error() messages, or in dprint()!
 - delete obviously useless developer prints while at it
@@ -6,8 +21,6 @@ Guideline:
 - mark translatable strings with _()
 - if a translatable string is a strcat monster, change it to sprintf
 - if code loads files with text, use language_filename()
-- test by:
-  find . -type f -not -name \*.po -not -name \*.txt | xgettext -LC -k_ -f- --from-code utf-8
 - interesting vim macros:
   :map # /"<return>
   :map ' i_(<esc>2f"a)<esc>/"<return>