Re: [Gaim-i18n] howto try my .po?

[Vincent v. A. <adr...@gn...>]

Op Thu, 18 Aug 2005 16:19:24 -0400
schreef Ambrose Li <ac...@ad...>:

> Hi
> 
> On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 01:06:05PM +0200, Richard Golier wrote:
> > my question: can i try the translated .po file without having to
> > recompile all the gaim? i figured out i need to replace the
> > existing .mo file. but how to convert .po to .mo?
> 
> msgfmt -cvo sk.gmo sk.po
> 
> Then replace (as root) the sk.gmo in your gaim with the resulting
> sk.gmo file.
> 
> This should work, but I find that sometimes it doesn't. (I don't know
> why.) If it doesn't work for any reason you'll have to recompile gaim.
> 
> (The "cv" is not necessary, but if there are errors in the file the
> "c" will tell you, and if there are no errors the "v" will show you
> some information, so I always use "-cvo" instead of just "-o".)

You can try your translations the right way by installing them in your
gaim's search path. For a normal gaim-package you'd have to do "msgfmt
sk.po -o /usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/gaim.mo"

If you compiled it yourself, you should replace /usr/share
with /usr/local/share. 

gaim crashes when you try it while gaim is running. You should
restart it. :)

Kind regards,
Vincent van adrighem