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patch 8.2.1544: cannot translate messages in a Vim script Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/0b39c3fd4c5d1c8ebd2efa85fced7df5e17efd3b Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sun Aug 30 15:52:10 2020 +0200 patch 8.2.1544: cannot translate messages in a Vim script Problem: Cannot translate messages in a Vim script. Solution: Add gettext(). Try it out for a few messages in the options window.
author Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
date Sun, 30 Aug 2020 16:00:04 +0200
parents dc766e1b0c95
children aa91480771fe
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77 -- After you do this, you MUST do the next three steps! -- 77 -- After you do this, you MUST do the next three steps! --
78 78
79 (2) Translate 79 (2) Translate
80 See the gettext documentation on how to do this. You can also find 80 See the gettext documentation on how to do this. You can also find
81 examples in the other po files. 81 examples in the other po files. You can use "gF" on the file name to see
82 the context of the message.
82 Search the po file for items that require translation: 83 Search the po file for items that require translation:
83 84
84 /fuzzy\|^msgstr ""\(\n"\)\@! 85 /fuzzy\|^msgstr ""\(\n"\)\@!
85 86
86 Remove the "#, fuzzy" line after adding the translation. 87 Remove the "#, fuzzy" line after adding the translation.
121 vim -S check.vim xx.po 122 vim -S check.vim xx.po
122 make xx.mo 123 make xx.mo
123 124
124 Look out for syntax errors and fix them. 125 Look out for syntax errors and fix them.
125 126
127 (6) Local tryout:
128 Vim normally picks up the .mo files from:
129 $VIMRUNTIME/lang/{lang}/LC_MESSAGES/vim.mo
130 To try out the messages with Vim use:
131 make tryoutinstall
132 And run Vim with $VIMRUNTIME set to ../runtime
133
126 134
127 USING GETTEXT WITHOUT ICONV 135 USING GETTEXT WITHOUT ICONV
128 136
129 When using gettext which doesn't support iconv, the encoding of the .mo file 137 When using gettext which doesn't support iconv, the encoding of the .mo file
130 must match your active encoding. For that you must convert and change 138 must match your active encoding. For that you must convert and change