Langpacks
Langpacks/en
Todo [en]: We need a detailed article about Miranda NG translation (langpacks description and howtos).
To change Miranda's interface language you need to put a langpack into Languages subfolder in main Miranda NG folder and restart the program. A language pack (langpack) is a plain text file named langpack_*.txt which contains translation for all the strings Miranda and plugins use.
Remove all langpack_*.txt files from Miranda NG folder to set the English language for Miranda's interface.
See also
- mirandaboot.ini, entry [Language]: DefaultLanguage
Download
- Беларуская (Belarusian langpack)
- Български (Bulgarian langpack)
- Český (Czech langpack)
- Deutsch (German langpack)
- British English (British English langpack)
- Español (Spanish langpack)
- Français (French langpack)
- Polski (Polish langpack)
- Русский (Russian langpack)
- Українська (Ukrainian langpack)
How to translate
You are expected to have the whole Miranda NG SVN checked out – if you don't want the whole repository, you need at least both langpacks and tools folders in the same folder on your disk.
Notes:
- All files of your langpack must be saved in UTF-8 codepage
- Refresh.bat must be started from /langpacks/<language>/ folder
- Final langpack_<language>.txt is automatically created after running Refresh.bat
Creating a new langpack
- Create new folder for langpack in /langpacks/ folder
- Create subfolders there: Plugins, Untranslated and file =HEAD=.txt (see the existing langpacks to know what should be in this file)
- Take an old langpack file (e. g. from Miranda IM, it must be previously converted to UTF-8) and put it somewhere (e. g. into new subfolder Deprecated) (optional)
- Copy Refresh.bat from /langpacks/czech/ and edit it – change "czech" to name of your langpack folder and change path to the old langpack (if exists)
- Run Refresh.bat – it will create all files which will now contain translation from your old langpack (or empty translations when you have no old langpack)
Updating langpack
- Write your translations into =CORE=.txt file and files inside Plugins folder (don't touch Untranslated folder, those files have only informative character of what translations are missing)
- Run Refresh.bat which will redistribute your changes to other files
After english langpack update
- Run Refresh.bat which will apply changes to your files
- Use TortoiseSVN / Check for modifications context menu item and check changed files there to easily correct typos or translation changes
- Run Refresh.bat which will redistribute your changes to other files
External links
- TortoiseSVN – a free Subversion client