[Cctools-cchost] about the cchost.pot file

[Marcus C. <ma...@br...>]

... forgot to reply-all

Hi Snic,

The easiest way to add a string is to edit in a text editor. Each string may
include an optional comment hinting where in the codebase it is located. An
example from our pot.

#: cclib/cc-upload.php:71
msgid "Changes saved to '%s'. Click %shere%s to see results"

The problem with this approach is that when you update the site,
cchost.potwill be updated and your string will be lost.
If your string is in custom php code ( wrapped with a gettext call like _()
), then you could add your file to POTFILES (in the root of your
installation) and run bin/update_pot_file.sh which will scan through all the
files in POTFILES and generate the pot file which should contain your
string.
If your string is in config because you added it using the admin interface,
then you will need to use the the language terms editor to add the config
string to your PO file for each langauge. I've been fiddling with the terms
editor, it's not in svn. If you want some code to join in the fun let me
know.
If your string is in a PHPTAL template then there's a script -
cc-host-gettext-from-templates.php, I wrote small module to call this from
cchost which generates a file called template_strings.php in the root. I
added this to POTFILES to get the strings into the pot. Let me know if you
want this stuff too.

I guess if you're editing your cchost.pot then you have found out that
bin/update_po_files.sh creates the pot and then updates all the PO files. Be
careful with this I think there's a bug in the merging but I can't remember
the details - *keep backups*!

Adding a new langauge is quite a confusing process and I'm working on
streamlining so that the terms editor can manage it all but currently it has
to be done by hand:

3. Login as admin
4. Run the terms editor {mycchost}/{myvirtualroot}/admin/terms
5. Create (or Edit) your chosen language
6. Save the PO file
7. Run the template strings finder
{mycchost}/{myvirtualroot}/admin/getStrings
8. Edit your POTFILES to include your custom code and template_strings.php
(I also removed a lot of irrelevant code for my site so that langauge
editors didn't have to plough through giant PO files).
9. Extract strings from the code using bin/update_po_files.sh and your
edited POTFILES
10. Create the MO file by opening in POedit and saving or command line
gettext tools.
11. Upload the PO file and MO file of the language you're working on to the
server.
12. ?update=1

I think I may have gone too far and I've missed the point of your question.
It's useful stuff for someone though maybe :)

cheers

Marcus


On 16/06/07, Snic Huang <jms...@gm...> wrote:

> Hi Jon, how do I to add msgid in the cchost.pot file? Can I direct edit
> this file? Because of the quota function, I will add corresponding msgid.
> Then I will commit it. Are there something that I have to note?
>
> Thanks! :)
> Snic
>
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