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+# Makefile for the Vim message translations for Cygwin
+# by Tony Mechelynck <antoine.mechelynck@skynet.be>
+# after Make_ming.mak by
+# Eduardo F. Amatria <eferna1@platea.pntic.mec.es>
+#
+# Read the README_ming.txt file before using it.
+#
+# Use at your own risk but with care, it could even kill your canary.
+#
+
+ifndef VIMRUNTIME
+VIMRUNTIME = ../../runtime
+endif
+
+LANGUAGES =	af ca cs de en_GB es fr ga it ja ko no pl ru sk sv uk vi zh_TW \
+		zh_TW.UTF-8 zh_CN zh_CN.UTF-8
+MOFILES =	af.mo ca.mo cs.mo de.mo en_GB.mo es.mo fr.mo ga.mo it.mo ja.mo \
+		ko.mo no.mo pl.mo ru.mo sk.mo sv.mo uk.mo vi.mo \
+		zh_TW.mo zh_TW.UTF-8.mo zh_CN.mo zh_CN.UTF-8.mo
+
+PACKAGE = vim
+
+# Uncomment one of the lines below or modify it to put the path to your
+# gettex binaries; I use the first
+ifndef GETTEXT_PATH
+#GETTEXT_PATH = C:/gettext.win32/bin/
+#GETTEXT_PATH = C:/gettext-0.10.35-w32/win32/Release/
+GETTEXT_PATH = /bin/
+endif
+
+MSGFMT = $(GETTEXT_PATH)msgfmt
+XGETTEXT = $(GETTEXT_PATH)xgettext
+MSGMERGE = $(GETTEXT_PATH)msgmerge
+
+# MV = move
+# CP = copy
+# RM = del
+# MKD = mkdir
+MV = mv -f
+CP = cp -f
+RM = rm -f
+MKD = mkdir -p
+
+.SUFFIXES:
+.SUFFIXES: .po .mo .pot
+.PHONY: first_time all install clean $(LANGUAGES)
+
+.po.mo:
+	$(MSGFMT) -o $@ $<
+
+all: $(MOFILES)
+
+first_time:
+	$(XGETTEXT) --default-domain=$(LANGUAGE) \
+		--add-comments --keyword=_ --keyword=N_ $(wildcard ../*.c) ../if_perl.xs $(wildcard ../globals.h)
+
+$(LANGUAGES):
+	$(XGETTEXT) --default-domain=$(PACKAGE) \
+		--add-comments --keyword=_ --keyword=N_ $(wildcard ../*.c) ../if_perl.xs $(wildcard ../globals.h)
+	$(MV) $(PACKAGE).po $(PACKAGE).pot
+	$(CP) $@.po $@.po.orig
+	$(MV) $@.po $@.po.old
+	$(MSGMERGE) $@.po.old $(PACKAGE).pot -o $@.po
+	$(RM) $@.po.old
+
+install: $(MOFILES)
+	for TARGET in $(LANGUAGES); do \
+		$(MKD) $(VIMRUNTIME)/lang/$$TARGET/LC_MESSAGES ; \
+		$(CP) $$TARGET.mo $(VIMRUNTIME)/lang/$$TARGET/LC_MESSAGES/$(PACKAGE).mo ; \
+	done
+
+clean:
+	$(RM) *.mo
+	$(RM) *.pot
+
+