Tips'n'Tricks

Internationalization

This article is about how to realize and use localized C:B. All the works have been done under Windows XP SP2.

1. Getting english POT file

The english POT file's url is here: https://developer.berlios.de/patch/?func=detailpatch&patch_id=822&group_id=5358 I will update this file aperiodically. Of course, you can use the tool which I have created (seen belown) to generate the POT file.

The content of the tool which is named as intl.bat is belown:

rem ======= Begin of intl.bat =======

@echo off

wxrc src\resources\*.xrc -g -o src\src-xrc.cpp

wxrc sdk\resources\*.xrc -g -o sdk\sdk-xrc.cpp

wxrc plugins\astyle\resources\*.xrc -g -o plugins\astyle\astyle-xrc.cpp

wxrc plugins\classwizard\resources\*.xrc -g -o plugins\classwizard\classwizard-xrc.cpp

wxrc plugins\codecompletion\resources\*.xrc -g -o plugins\codecompletion\codecompletion-xrc.cpp

wxrc plugins\compilergcc\resources\*.xrc -g -o plugins\compilergcc\compilergcc-xrc.cpp

wxrc plugins\debuggergdb\resources\*.xrc -g -o plugins\debuggergdb\debuggergdb-xrc.cpp

wxrc plugins\defaultmimehandler\resources\*.xrc -g -o plugins\defaultmimehandler\defaultmimehandler-xrc.cpp

wxrc plugins\pluginwizard\resources\*.xrc -g -o plugins\pluginwizard\pluginwizard-xrc.cpp

wxrc plugins\todo\resources\*.xrc -g -o plugins\todo\todo-xrc.cpp if not exist po md po

xgettext -C -n -k_ -o po\codeblocks.pot src\*.cpp src\*.h

xgettext -C -n -k_ -j -o po\codeblocks.pot src\wxAUI\*.cpp src\wxAUI\*.h

xgettext -C -n -k_ -j -o po\codeblocks.pot sdk\*.cpp sdk\*.h

xgettext -C -n -k_ -j -o po\codeblocks.pot sdk\as\bindings\*.cpp sdk\as\bindings\*.h

xgettext -C -n -k_ -j -o po\codeblocks.pot sdk\propgrid\src\propgrid\*.cpp sdk\propgrid\include\wx\propgrid\*.h

xgettext -C -n -k_ -j -o po\codeblocks.pot sdk\wxFlatNotebook\*.cpp

rem xgettext -C -n -k_ -j -o po\codeblocks.pot sdk\as\include\*.h

rem xgettext -C -n -k_ -j -o po\codeblocks.pot sdk\as\source\*.cpp sdk\as\source\*.h

rem xgettext -C -n -k_ -j -o po\codeblocks.pot sdk\wxscintilla\*.cpp sdk\wxscintilla\*.h

xgettext -C -n -k_ -j -o po\codeblocks.pot plugins\codecompletion\*.cpp plugins\codecompletion\*.h

xgettext -C -n -k_ -j -o po\codeblocks.pot plugins\codecompletion\parser\*.cpp plugins\codecompletion\parser\*.h

xgettext -C -n -k_ -j -o po\codeblocks.pot plugins\astyle\*.cpp plugins\astyle\*.h

xgettext -C -n -k_ -j -o po\codeblocks.pot plugins\astyle\astyle\*.cpp plugins\astyle\astyle\*.h

xgettext -C -n -k_ -j -o po\codeblocks.pot plugins\classwizard\*.cpp plugins\classwizard\*.h

xgettext -C -n -k_ -j -o po\codeblocks.pot plugins\codecompletion\*.cpp plugins\codecompletion\*.h

xgettext -C -n -k_ -j -o po\codeblocks.pot plugins\compilergcc\*.cpp plugins\compilergcc\*.h

xgettext -C -n -k_ -j -o po\codeblocks.pot plugins\debuggergdb\*.cpp plugins\debuggergdb\*.h

xgettext -C -n -k_ -j -o po\codeblocks.pot plugins\defaultmimehandler\*.cpp plugins\defaultmimehandler\*.h

xgettext -C -n -k_ -j -o po\codeblocks.pot plugins\pluginwizard\*.cpp plugins\pluginwizard\*.h

xgettext -C -n -k_ -j -o po\codeblocks.pot plugins\todo\*.cpp plugins\todo\*.h

xgettext -C -n -k_ -j -o po\codeblocks.pot plugins\xpmanifest\*.cpp plugins\xpmanifest\*.h

pause

rem ======= End of intl.bat =======

2. Getting the translating tool

Usually, we use the tool of poEdit which can be down at http://www.poedit.org/download.php.

3. Translating in poEdit

Rename codeblocks.pot into codeblocks.po. Using poEdit to open the file codeblocks.po. Remebering to change some settings

like: [File]->[Preferences]->[Personalize]

[Catalog]->[Settings]->[Project info]->[Team/email/Language/Charset]

If your C:B is compiled with UNICODE, the Charset should be setted to utf-8; If C:B is compiled with ANSI, the Charset should be setted to your own language charset like gb2312,koi8-r etc..

After these settings done, you can start the translating. It's a hard working! During the process, of course, you can use your translations an any time.

4. Geting and using mo file

Pressing Ctrl+S in poEdit, you can get a *.mo file like codeblocks.mo which is needed by we. To use codeblocks.mo, we just place it into C:\Program Files\CodeBlocks or C:\Program Files\CodeBlocks\share\CodeBlocks\locale\<lang>/LC_MESSAGES or C:\Program Files\CodeBlocks\share\CodeBlocks\locale\<lang>. My language is Chinese and I have installed C:B into E:\, so I place codeblocks.mo into E:\Program Files\CodeBlocks\share\CodeBlocks\locale\zh_CN.

If wanting to use codeblocks.mo under Linux or Unix, you just place it into /usr/X11R6/share/locale/<lang>/LC_MESSAGES/. For example, I put it into /usr/X11R6/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/ under FreeBSD.

5. Troubleshooting

If having any questions, you can mail to me: zxpmyth at yahoo.com.cn.