Localization - how to test locally

[Huldar Örn Sigurðsson]

Hi
I would like to attempt at creating a localization for my language. I have created the translated files, but I would like to test them out by creating a new user and selecting the new language for the user and then review the translations. I am testing this on my local Ubuntu VM. How do I do this?
regards
huldar

[Jeffrey Bostoen]

"I have created the translated files" : Can you explain in detail what you've done already so far?

Once the language is enabled in iTop; it should be as easy as just either setting the default iTop language (iTop configuration file) or in the specific user's preferences.

[Huldar Örn Sigurðsson]

I have taken the en.dictionary.itop.core.php and en.dictionary.itop.ui.php and made a copy of them and then translated all of the translatable content in them. I also took some of the dictionary files from the datamodels/2.0 folder and did a similar translation. I then renamed the language file by changing the two first letters, replacing with the letters of the new language. But when I log into my iTop installation (Ubuntu, Apache2, Mariadb), and create a new user, my new language does not appair as one of the languages I can select.

[Jeffrey Bostoen]

I assume you also changed the language codes in the file as well?

Not sure if it's needed - but try rerunning the iTop setup.

[Huldar Örn Sigurðsson]

Yes I have changed the language codes inside the files. Here is for ex. the beginning of the file is.dictionary.itop.core.php from the /var/html/itop/dictionaries :

<?php
/**
 * Localized data
 *
 * @copyright Copyright (C) 2010-2024 Combodo SAS
 * @license    http://opensource.org/licenses/AGPL-3.0
 *
 * This file is part of iTop.
 *
 * iTop is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * iTop is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 * along with iTop. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
 */

Dict::Add('IS IS', 'Icelandic', 'Icelandic', array(
    'Core:DeletedObjectLabel' => '%1s (eytt)',
    'Core:DeletedObjectTip' => 'Hlutnum hefur verið eytt þann %1$s (%2$s)',

    'Core:UnknownObjectLabel' => 'Hlutur fannst ekki (flokkur: %1$s, auðkenni: %2$d)',

I will try re-running the install

[Huldar Örn Sigurðsson]

So my question is about how iTop detects that there is a newly added language available for selection for newly created users? Is it something we configure in the database or is it dynamically detected somehow?