patch 8.2.1544: cannot translate messages in a Vim script
Problem: Cannot translate messages in a Vim script.
Solution: Add gettext(). Try it out for a few messages in the options
window.
diff --git a/src/po/Makefile b/src/po/Makefile
index cce14a9..8ef93e6 100644
--- a/src/po/Makefile
+++ b/src/po/Makefile
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
check: $(CHECKFILES)
+# installing for real
install: $(MOFILES) $(MOCONVERTED)
@$(MAKE) prefixcheck
for lang in $(LANGUAGES); do \
@@ -61,6 +62,24 @@
rm -f $(LOCALEDIR)/$$lang/LC_MESSAGES/$(PACKAGE).mo; \
done
+# installing for local tryout into ../../runtime/lang
+tryoutinstall: $(MOFILES) $(MOCONVERTED)
+ @$(MAKE) prefixcheck
+ for lang in $(LANGUAGES); do \
+ dir=../../runtime/lang/$$lang/; \
+ if test ! -x "$$dir"; then \
+ mkdir $$dir; chmod 755 $$dir; \
+ fi; \
+ dir=../../runtime/lang/$$lang/LC_MESSAGES; \
+ if test ! -x "$$dir"; then \
+ mkdir $$dir; chmod 755 $$dir; \
+ fi; \
+ if test -r $$lang.mo; then \
+ cp $$lang.mo $$dir/$(PACKAGE).mo; \
+ chmod 644 $$dir/$(PACKAGE).mo; \
+ fi; \
+ done
+
converted: $(MOCONVERTED)
# nl.po was added later, if it does not exist use a file with just a # in it
@@ -158,12 +177,34 @@
checkclean:
rm -f *.ck
-$(PACKAGE).pot: ../*.c ../if_perl.xs ../GvimExt/gvimext.cpp ../globals.h ../if_py_both.h ../vim.h gvim.desktop.in vim.desktop.in
- cd ..; $(XGETTEXT) --default-domain=$(PACKAGE) \
- --add-comments --keyword=_ --keyword=N_ --keyword=NGETTEXT:1,2 \
- *.c if_perl.xs GvimExt/gvimext.cpp globals.h if_py_both.h vim.h \
- po/gvim.desktop.in po/vim.desktop.in
- mv -f ../$(PACKAGE).po $(PACKAGE).pot
+PO_INPUTLIST = \
+ ../*.c \
+ ../if_perl.xs \
+ ../GvimExt/gvimext.cpp \
+ ../globals.h \
+ ../if_py_both.h \
+ ../vim.h \
+ gvim.desktop.in \
+ vim.desktop.in
+
+PO_VIM_INPUTLIST = \
+ ../../runtime/optwin.vim
+
+PO_VIM_JSLIST = \
+ optwin.js
+
+$(PACKAGE).pot: $(PO_INPUTLIST) $(PO_VIM_INPUTLIST)
+ # Convert the Vim scripts to (what looks like) Javascript
+ $(VIM) -u NONE --not-a-term -S tojavascript.vim $(PACKAGE).pot $(PO_VIM_INPUTLIST)
+ # create vim.pot
+ $(XGETTEXT) --default-domain=$(PACKAGE) --add-comments \
+ --keyword=_ --keyword=N_ --keyword=NGETTEXT:1,2 \
+ $(PO_INPUTLIST) $(PO_VIM_JSLIST)
+ mv -f $(PACKAGE).po $(PACKAGE).pot
+ # Fix Vim scripts names, so that "gf" works
+ $(VIM) -u NONE --not-a-term -S fixfilenames.vim $(PACKAGE).pot $(PO_VIM_INPUTLIST)
+ # Delete the temporary files
+ rm *.js
vim.desktop: vim.desktop.in $(POFILES)
echo $(LANGUAGES) | tr " " "\n" |sed -e '/\./d' | sort > LINGUAS
diff --git a/src/po/README.txt b/src/po/README.txt
index e60d1d2..68d267a 100644
--- a/src/po/README.txt
+++ b/src/po/README.txt
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@
(2) Translate
See the gettext documentation on how to do this. You can also find
- examples in the other po files.
+ examples in the other po files. You can use "gF" on the file name to see
+ the context of the message.
Search the po file for items that require translation:
/fuzzy\|^msgstr ""\(\n"\)\@!
@@ -123,6 +124,13 @@
Look out for syntax errors and fix them.
+(6) Local tryout:
+ Vim normally picks up the .mo files from:
+ $VIMRUNTIME/lang/{lang}/LC_MESSAGES/vim.mo
+ To try out the messages with Vim use:
+ make tryoutinstall
+ And run Vim with $VIMRUNTIME set to ../runtime
+
USING GETTEXT WITHOUT ICONV
diff --git a/src/po/fixfilenames.vim b/src/po/fixfilenames.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65d448c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/po/fixfilenames.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+" Invoked with the name "vim.pot" and a list of Vim script names.
+" Converts them to a .js file, stripping comments, so that xgettext works.
+
+set shortmess+=A
+
+for name in argv()[1:]
+ let jsname = fnamemodify(name, ":t:r") .. ".js"
+ exe "%s+" .. jsname .. "+" .. name .. "+"
+endfor
+
+write
+last
+quit
diff --git a/src/po/tojavascript.vim b/src/po/tojavascript.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7868570
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/po/tojavascript.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+" Invoked with the name "vim.pot" and a list of Vim script names.
+" Converts them to a .js file, stripping comments, so that xgettext works.
+" Javascript is used because, like Vim, it accepts both single and double
+" quoted strings.
+
+set shortmess+=A
+
+for name in argv()[1:]
+ exe 'edit ' .. fnameescape(name)
+
+ " Strip comments
+ g/^\s*"/s/.*//
+
+ " Write as .js file, xgettext recognizes them
+ exe 'w! ' .. fnamemodify(name, ":t:r") .. ".js"
+endfor
+
+quit