patch 9.0.2127: translation Makefiles can be improved
Problem: translation Makefiles can be improved
Solution: Modified and extended po-related Makefiles and
related files
closes: #13518
Signed-off-by: RestorerZ <restorer@mail2k.ru>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
diff --git a/src/po/README_mvc.txt b/src/po/README_mvc.txt
index c63ad1f..691e6ae 100644
--- a/src/po/README_mvc.txt
+++ b/src/po/README_mvc.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
expat will install into its own directory. You should copy libexpat.dll into
the bin directory created from the gettext/libiconv packages.
+Or Michele Locati kindly provides precompiled binaries gettext 0.21 and
+iconv 1.16 for Windows on his site:
+
+ https://mlocati.github.io/articles/gettext-iconv-windows.html
+
First read the README.txt file in this directory for general remarks on
translating Vim messages.
@@ -26,9 +31,9 @@
http://www.geocities.com/click2speak/languages.html
-Another possibility is to use the gnuwin32 port of gettext. This is
+Another possibility is to use the GnuWin32 port of gettext. This is
recommended especially if you use already gnuwin32 tools to gunzip, bunzip,
-patch etc. these files. You find the gnuwin32 version of gettext here:
+patch etc. these files. You find the GnuWin32 version of gettext here:
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gettext.htm
@@ -51,7 +56,7 @@
CREATING A NEW TRANSLATION
When creating a new translation you must add your language code to the
-Make_mvc.mak file in the lines defining LANGUAGES and MOFILES. To create the
+Make_all.mak file in the lines defining LANGUAGES and MOFILES. To create the
initial .po file for your language you must use the command:
make -f make_mvc.mak first_time
@@ -64,11 +69,11 @@
You will also need to edit the file names in the comments in the .po file.
You need to remove the absolute directory specification (which has the form
-c:\vim61\src\). You can do this in Vim with the following command with the
+c:\vim91\src\). You can do this in Vim with the following command with the
appropriate directory specification for where you have installed the Vim
source:
- %s/c:\\vim61\\src\\//g
+ %s/c:\\vim91\\src\\//g
UPDATING A TRANSLATION