Re: [Tuxpaint-devel] [Tuxpaint-i18n] Translating the config activity of the Android version

[Pere P. i C. <per...@gm...>]

El dg 30 de 07 de 2017 a les 13:12 +0200, en/na Karl Ove Hufthammer va escriure:
> Pere Pujal i Carabantes skreiv 29. juli 2017 16:30:
> > > Where can I find the source code for the Android version? I had a look
> > > in the CVS repository (which I have commit access to), but couldn’t find
> > > it there.
> > 
> > Currently it is at github,  https://github.com/tux4kids/Tuxpaint-Android
> > and the android strings are under res/values-xx dirs.
> > 
> > […]
> > 
> > If somebody wants to help with the android port in github, I will be
> > very happy to provide commit access.
> 
> I won’t be able to help with the actual port, but if it’s possible for 
> translators to have commit access, I would appreciate having access (my 
> username is ‘huftis’), to be able to commit updated translations.

Sent an invite, if anybody else wants also commit access, please tell it.


> 
> Regarding the translation process, I discovered that it’s possible to 
> generate normal POT/PO files for translating Android apps. This is much 
> easier (and less error-prone) for translators, as they can use their 
> usual PO editors instead of having to hand-edit (and keep up to date) 
> .xml files.
> 

Nice, so we can make a couple of scripts that generates the POs<->strings
most like the ones used for stamps.

> I have tested this. Using the ‘android2po’ tools, running the following 
> command
> 
>    a2po init --groups strings
> 
> generates a ‘template.pot’ file POT based on the ‘strings.xml’ file in 
> the res/values folder, along with ‘xx.po’ PO files (where ‘xx’ is a 
> language code), based on the corresponding strings.xml files in the 
> res/values-xx folders. Whenever you add or strings, run
> 
>    a2po export --groups strings
> 
> to generate updated POT and PO files. When you receive updated PO files 
> from translators, run
> 
>    a2po import --groups strings
> 
> To generate PO files for new languages (e.g. xx, yy and zz), run
> 
>    a2po init xx yy zz --groups strings
> 
> (It’s important to do things this way to ensure that the PO files 
> contain the correct rules for plural strings.)
> 
> The ‘--groups’ option is needed to avoid a2po also extracting the 
> ‘arrays.xml’ file. When there is only *one* file to translate 
> (strings.xml), a2po generates ‘template.pot’ and ‘xx.po’ files. If you 
> have several string files, you have to use this syntax:
> 
>    a2po import --groups strings uistrings
> 
> The tool will now instead generate ‘strings.pot’, ‘uistrings.pot’, 
> ‘strings-xx.po’, ‘uistrings-xx.po’ (and no ‘template.pot’ and ‘xx.po’ 
> files). Use the ‘--layout’ option to choose a different directory or 
> filename layout for the POT and PO files.
>