From f99003fb3542fc4f58ebb75a2ab9b5f6a5f68972 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?utf8?q?Mario=20Bl=C3=A4ttermann?= Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2021 19:30:04 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] po-man: Add po-man/README.md --- po-man/README.md | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) create mode 100644 po-man/README.md diff --git a/po-man/README.md b/po-man/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..387331aee5 --- /dev/null +++ b/po-man/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +# Working with man page translations + +## Add a new .po file + +To enable a new .po file, add their basename (in fact, the language code), to +the first line of po4a.cfg: + + [po4a_langs] de es fr pl uk + +It is not crucial to sort the entries alphabetically, but do it anyway for +better readability. + +## Update the template and create translated files + +This is done in one step using the following simple command: + + po4a po4a.cfg + +If there's something wrong with a .po file, the comman will fail. In any case, +have a look at the first line of po4a.cfg if all of the mentioned files are +present. + +To the man page authors: Please don't forget to add your new man page to po4a.cfg! -- 2.47.2