[texworks] For localization

[Jérome Laurens]

On 25 sept. 08, at 18:50, Jonathan Kew wrote:

> 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
>

I was thinking of problems more specific to the language, for example  
widgets or panels that must be resized because the translation is  
longer than the original text.
And also all kind of automation tool, like for example google  
translation pages which is a good starting point.
This information is of great value when it comes to maintain the  
translation.