[Tuxmath-devel] Malayalam translation files in tuxmath.

[Haris I. K. V. <blu...@gm...>]

Hi,

On 12 November 2011 21:40, David Bruce <dav...@gm...> wrote:

> To add a translation e.g. ml.po, start with po/tuxmath.pot (*.pot stands
> for po template) and edit, preferably with a dedicated po file editor to
> avoid syntax errors but any text editor will do.  Make sure to fill out the
> authorship header info properly.  Put ml.po alongside the other po files.
> Also, add the new language code to po/LINGUAS.
>
I used 'poedit' and followed your instructions and successfully created
ml.po. I also added 'ml' to LINGUAS. However, I did not get what you meant
by "authorship header info".


> Important - the po files must be encoded in UTF-8.
>
> Next time you run "sudo make install", the machine-readable *.gmo file
> will be generated and installed.
>
The *.gmo file was successfully created.


> To test the translation, run tuxmath with the desired locale set, e.g.
> "LANG=ml_ML.UTF-8 tuxmath" or similar.  You need to have the desired locale
> installed on your machine for this to work.  IIRC, sometimes you need to
> set the LANGUAGE environmental variable instead of LANG.
>
When I ran it as follows:

haris@asylum:~$ LANG=ml_IN.UTF-8 tuxmath

I got a "segmentation fault" and the game didn't even start. However, the
follwing worked.

haris@asylum:~$ LANGUAGE=ml_IN.UTF-8 tuxmath
Initializing Tux4Kids-Common 0.1.1
T4K_BlackOutline(): invalid ptr parameter, returning.

It took quite a while for the game to be loaded and also the game crashed
when I pressed 'esc' to return to the main menu from the second menu with
the error message as above.

> We can make this a GCI task.
>
I had translated one single string to check it out. But how do I know if
the translation was successful or not?

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