1 Internationalization notes
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4 - use setlocale to parse locale env vars and set to language code
5 - use textdomain to set the text domain of their app
6 - use bindtextdomain to tie the domain to a locale dir
7 - use gettext (possibly disguised as _) to translate in the current domain
10 - should only use bindtextdomain to tie a domain to a locale dir
11 - use dgettext (possibly disguised as _) to translate from a set domain
13 - How to make your plug-in code translatable:
14 - include <gst/gst-i18n-plugin.h> in all files that mark strings for
15 translation, or do the bindtextdomain call
16 - in plugin_init, add a block like this:
19 GST_DEBUG ("binding text domain %s to locale dir %s", GETTEXT_PACKAGE,
21 bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
22 #endif /* ENABLE_NLS */
24 - mark all strings you want translated for translation by wrapping them in
26 - typically, these are all strings that serve as the message string for a
27 GST_ELEMENT_ERROR or _WARNING
28 - but it could also consist of any strings that may end up being presented
29 to the user (for example mixer track)
31 Things to watch out for
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33 - forgetting to bindtextdomain is an error that is not always noticeable,
35 - any plugin from the same module being init'd binds the text domain,
36 so you may forget it in B, and still have it work because A bound the
38 - without a bindtextdomain call, any domain is bound to the system locale
39 dir - so you could still have translations if it happens to be where the
42 - our translations are managed by the Translation Project
43 http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/translation/
44 They are updated by the release manager for prereleases using
46 As the translator project website clearly states, only accept translations
47 from the translation project, and direct would-be translators there:
48 "It would defeat the purpose of the teams if you were directly accepting PO
49 files from individual translators, or were having "contracts" with them. If
50 people write to you, wanting to volunteer as translators, direct them to
51 translation@iro.umontreal.ca, and the translation coordinator will send them
52 appropriate documentation."