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Translation docs update: don't recommend 20-year-old gettext; use msginit

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Warning about gettext versions earlier than 0.10.35 is pointless,
as even 0.10.35 is from 2001, and so old it isn't even available
on GNU mirrors anymore. We shall not recommend a specific version in
the first place.

The proper way to start a new translation is to use msginit to initialize
a .po file -- just copying the .pot leaves many fields to their default
values, which the translator would need to fill in manually (the
Plural-Forms: field in particular).
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Lauri Nurmi
2021-01-21 13:41:07 +02:00
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@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@ This note is addressed to wxWidgets translators.
First of all, here is what you will need: First of all, here is what you will need:
1. GNU gettext package version 0.10.35 or later (NB: earlier versions were 1. GNU gettext package
known to have serious bugs)
a) for Unix systems you can download gettext-0.10.tar.gz from any GNU a) for Unix systems you can download gettext-0.xx.yy.tar.gz from any GNU
mirror (RPMs and DEBs are also available from the usual places) mirror (RPMs and DEBs are also available from the usual places)
b) for Windows you can download the precompiled binaries from b) for Windows you can download the precompiled binaries from

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@@ -452,9 +452,11 @@ Here are the steps you should follow:
you should already have it. Otherwise you can always retrieve it directly you should already have it. Otherwise you can always retrieve it directly
from the git repository: from the git repository:
<a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/master/locale/wxstd.pot">locale/wxstd.pot</a>. <a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/master/locale/wxstd.pot">locale/wxstd.pot</a>.
-# Rename it to <tt>XY.po</tt> where <tt>"XY"</tt> is the 2 letter -# Initialize an <tt>XY.po</tt> file for your language by using the command
<tt>msginit -l XY</tt> in the same folder where you placed <tt>wxstd.pot</tt>.
The <tt>"XY"</tt> is the 2 letter
<a href="http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/English_list.php">ISO 639-2 language code</a> <a href="http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/English_list.php">ISO 639-2 language code</a>
for your language. for your language. Initialization can be also done using e.g. Poedit (see next item).
-# Translate the strings in this file using either your favourite text -# Translate the strings in this file using either your favourite text
editor or a specialized tool such as Vaclav Slavik's excellent editor or a specialized tool such as Vaclav Slavik's excellent
<a href="http://www.poedit.net/">poEdit</a> utility. <a href="http://www.poedit.net/">poEdit</a> utility.