Commit b6fe483b authored by Malcolm Tredinnick's avatar Malcolm Tredinnick
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Fixed #1157 -- Added some text to i18n.txt to explain how to install the 

necessary gettext tools on Windows (relevant to translators only). Thanks,
Ramiro Morales.


git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@8134 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37
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docs/i18n.txt

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@@ -434,6 +434,12 @@ do the same, but the location of the locale directory is ``locale/LANG/LC_MESSAG 
    message file (``conf/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/django.po``) and use it as a

    starting point; it's just an empty translation file.



.. admonition:: Working on Windows?



   If you're using Windows and need to install the GNU gettext utilites so

   ``django-admin makemessages`` works see `gettext on Windows`_ for more

   information.



The format of ``.po`` files is straightforward. Each ``.po`` file contains a

small bit of metadata, such as the translation maintainer's contact

information, but the bulk of the file is a list of **messages** -- simple
@@ -513,6 +519,12 @@ That's it. Your translations are ready for use. 


    .. _Submitting and maintaining translations: ../contributing/



.. admonition:: Working on Windows?



   If you're using Windows and need to install the GNU gettext utilites so

   ``django-admin compilemessages`` works see `gettext on Windows`_ for more

   information.



3. How Django discovers language preference

===========================================
@@ -895,3 +907,24 @@ does translation: 
    * Django doesn't use ``xgettext`` alone. It uses Python wrappers around

      ``xgettext`` and ``msgfmt``. This is mostly for convenience.



``gettext`` on Windows

======================



This is only needed for people who either want to extract message IDs or

compile ``.po`` files. Translation work itself just involves editing existing

``.po`` files, but if you want to create your own .po files, or want to test

or compile a changed ``.po`` file, you will need the ``gettext`` utilities:



    * Download the following zip files from http://sourceforge.net/projects/gettext



      * ``gettext-runtime-X.bin.woe32.zip``

      * ``gettext-tools-X.bin.woe32.zip``

      * ``libiconv-X.bin.woe32.zip``



    * Extract the 3 files in the same folder (i.e. ``C:\Program Files\gettext-utils``)



    * Update the system PATH:



      * ``Control Panel > System > Advanced > Environment Variables``

      * In the ``System variables`` list, click ``Path``, click ``Edit``

      * Add ``;C:\Program Files\gettext-utils\bin`` at the end of the ``Variable value``