java-gnome-developer

[Java-gnome-developer] Multi lingual application

[Goundy <go...@gm...>]

Hi guys.

Well I'm requesting some advices about implementing multi lingual 
application when using java-gnome.
I use libglade for my GUI, and I told myself let's create different glad 
XML files for each language I want to use, and then store other 
informations like error messages, warnings, informations... in seperated 
text files (for each language).

But I'm not sure I'm using the nicest idea, do you have some better 
ideas in mind ?
Thanks in advance

Re: [Java-gnome-developer] Multi lingual application

[Andrew C. <an...@op...>]

On Sat, 2009-01-17 at 16:18 +0100, Goundy wrote:
> Well I'm requesting some advices about implementing multi lingual 
> application 

Our i18n support is in the Internationalization class:
http://java-gnome.sourceforge.net/4.0/doc/api/org/freedesktop/bindings/Internationalization.html

but see also:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=531601

++

Look at Slashtime for a real-world working implementation of this in a
java-gnome based application. Translations exist for fr_CA and tr_TR.

The hard part is the build infrastructure to support building the
intermediate and message files. But you can manage that any way you
please. The real point is to create the .po files from which your build
can create the .mo files.

Don't commit the .pot file to your version control system.

++

> I use libglade for my GUI, and I told myself let's create different glade 
> XML files for each language

I don't use Glade for UIs anymore, but I can tell you 100% that this
would be incorrect. Glade .xml files can be have their strings marked
for translation and then those strings extracted like any other
internationalized artifact.

AfC
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