How to add a new language to xsane:
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SHORT DESCRIPTION:
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XSane uses gettext for supporting translation into different languages.
*** BUT ***:
I don`t use the standard routines to create the empty translation(*.po) file.
My way is more flexible when changes in the original textes are made:

All texts that are printed from xsane are #DEFINEd in xsane-text.h.
Every text that is added to xsane will be added in frontend/xsane-text.h
AND in po/newlanguage.in.in.

******* Please don`t edit or create a *.po file by hand! ********

The files *.po are created form the files *.po.in . In xsane and in the
*.po.in files we use the #defined labels of the text instead of the text.
This way the original text can be changed without all language files
have to be changed!

po.in2po uses the gcc preprocessor to replace the #defined labels by the
original (up to date) text and creates the *.po files.

make_newlanguage.po.in creates the file newlanguage.po.in, the gcc preprocessor
is used to add the recent original texts as comments.



WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO TO CREATE ADD A NEW LANGUAGE?
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Take the file newlanguage.po.in and copy it to "language".po.in
where "language" is the abbrevation that represents you language
(eg. fr.po.in for french, de.po.in for german,...).

Edit the file "language".po.in and type in the translation
in the lines:
msgstr "text"

If that is done:
 - if you have gcc installed, call po.in2po "language"
 - if you don`t have gcc see if you have a C preprocessor you can use
   if not, I will transform it for you

now change to the xsane directory and do
edit configure.in and add "language" to ALL_LINGUAS, then do
 make distclean
 ./configure
 make
and as root
 make install

(You have to install xsane, otherwise the language files will not be found!)

set environment variable LANG to your language
(eg. export LANG=de) and call xsane

If you want to make your translation public
please send your "language".po.in file to:
Oliver Rauch <Oliver.Rauch@Wolfsburg.DE>
If you have any problems please also contact
me on the email-address above!

Bye
Oliver Rauch