2 po2i18n - Converter for po files
5 Written by: Udo Richter <udo_richter@gmx.de>
6 Project's homepage: http://www.udo-richter.de/vdr/scripts.html#po2i18n
7 http://www.udo-richter.de/vdr/scripts.en.html#po2i18n
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13 po2i18n is a perl script that generates an i18n.c file compatible to the i18n
14 system of VDR 1.2.0 - VDR 1.5.6, based on the .po files of VDR 1.5.7. This
15 allows plugins to transit to the translation system of VDR 1.5.7 while
16 maintaining compatibility to earlier versions. The script can be used manually
17 or automatically as part of the Makefile.
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22 po2i18n.pl is a filter and can be used manually like this:
24 ./po2i18n.pl < i18n-template.c > i18n.c
26 The filter reads all relevant ./po/*.po files and writes the i18n strings
27 into the template file. Strings will be added between the following two lines:
32 See also the sample i18n.h and i18n-template.c file. Note that the phrases data
33 structure is encapsulated in #if VDRVERSNUM < 10507, so the i18n strings won't
34 be in the plugin file after 1.5.7. The call to RegisterI18n() of your plugin
35 should also be encapsulated like this.
37 po2i18n can also generate the i18n.c file on the fly while compiling. The
38 changes to the Makefile are demonstrated by the included Makefile.diff sample.
39 With these changes, the i18n.c file will be generated on VDR up to 1.5.6, and
40 the whole gettext conversion is skipped. From 1.5.7 on, the i18n-template.c
41 file will be simply copied as a dummy, and the new locale system will run.
43 As a drawback, the automatic .dependencies for i18n.c won't work.