[texworks] For localization

[Jonathan Kew]

On 25 Sep 2008, at 5:39 PM, Jérome Laurens wrote:

>
> On 25 sept. 08, at 17:14, Jonathan Kew wrote:
>
>> On 25 Sep 2008, at 3:35 PM, Alain Delmotte wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I decided to start localizing TeXworks to French.
>>> I installed QT 4.4.2, I downloaded the file TeXworks.pro but can  
>>> not succeed to create the .ts file.
>>>
>>> I am working on Windows XP.
>>>
>>> Thanks for TeXworks!
>>>
>>> Alain Delmotte
>>>
>>
>> You'll need the complete source release in order to create the .ts  
>> file, I believe; the lupdate tool (or Qt Linguist) will look at  
>> every source file the .pro refers to. So I'd recommend installing a  
>> subversion client (eg. TortoiseSVN) and checking-out a complete copy.
>>
>> If you still have trouble creating the .ts file, let me know and  
>> I'll create one for you here.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> JK
>>
>
> Alain, maybe you can record what he did into some kind of  
> localization howto that Jonathan can put in the project site.

There is a bit of information at <http://code.google.com/p/texworks/wiki/Translating 
 >; however, this probably needs some additional detail. (I notice  
that it doesn't make it clear that you need the complete source tree  
in order to create a new .ts file, for example.)

JK