RMN: not sure if it's useful; needs re-writing anyway

2015-06-27T21:02:41Z

not sure if it's useful; needs re-writing anyway

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Let's imagine that you are a Croatian translator and you have already <tt>langpack_croatian.txt</tt> in your <tt>Miranda NG\Languages</tt> folder. But you want to update something and check it quickly if your translation fits nicely Miranda dialogs, and you're reluctant (or don't know how) to compile the langpack to do so.

Here's what you can do:
* Create a test <tt>langpack_*.txt</tt> in your <tt>Miranda NG\Languages</tt> folder and name it differently, let's say <tt>langpack_hr.txt</tt>. Edit this new <tt>langpack_hr.txt</tt>, all it should contain is the following:
<pre style="overflow:auto;">
Miranda Language Pack Version 1
#include hr\=CORE=.txt
#include hr\Plugins\Actman.txt
#include hr\Plugins\AddContactPlus.txt
#include hr\Plugins\AdvaImg.txt
#include hr\Plugins\AdvancedAutoAway.txt
#include hr\Plugins\AIM.txt
#include hr\Plugins\Alarms.txt
</pre>
and so on, include every plugin you need or want to test.
* Create <tt>hr</tt> folder in your <tt>Miranda NG\Languages</tt> folder
* Create <tt>Plugins</tt> folder in <tt>Miranda NG\Languages\hr</tt> folder

If you are Miranda translator, you surely have a local svn copy on your PC where you make changes before committing. Let's say you've done some changes and haven't committed them yet.
* Copy file <tt>=CORE=.txt</tt> from <tt>trunk\langpacks\croatian</tt> to <tt>Miranda NG\Languages\hr</tt> folder
* Copy <tt>*.txt</tt> files that you need from <tt>trunk\langpacks\croatian\Plugins</tt> to <tt>Miranda NG\Languages\hr\Plugins</tt> folder

All is left now is to open Miranda options ''Customize → Languages'', select <tt>langpack_hr.txt</tt> from the drop-down list and click ''Apply'' at the bottom. Note that to see your changes, it is sometimes required to re-open Miranda options.

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