[Kde-l10n-kn] Regarding kannada localization in KDE

[Suchindra Chandrahas]

Thanks Shankar,

I am happy to help in this regard. However, I am not able to get it 
working the way it is displayed in one of the screenshots in the 
website. I wish to see the right click work as shown in the following 
screenshot:

http://i18n.kde.org/teams/kn/screenshots/screenshot1.jpg

Thanks and Regards,

cs

On 07/25/2016 03:15 PM, shankar prasad wrote:
> Hi Suchendra,
>
> If you see a partially translated or untranslated applications, then 
> it means it is either translated partially or not at all translated.
>
> KDE Kannada community is dormant since couple years. What ever you see 
> now is the work done till 2013 or earlier.
>
> If you want to restart, you are more than welcome and I can assist you.
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 2:52 PM, Suchindra Chandrahas 
> <cs at csuchindra.com <mailto:cs at csuchindra.com>> wrote:
>
>     Thanks Shankar
>
>     In the meanwhile, I came across the following commands in some forum:
>
>     # Find PO files, process each with msgfmt and rename the result
>     into filename.MO
>
>     for file in `find . -name "*.po"` ; do msgfmt -o `echo $file | sed
>     's/\.po$/.mo/'` $file ; done
>
>     # Move the files to the right folder under /usr/share
>
>     sudo find . -iname '*.mo' -exec mv '{}'
>     /usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/ \;
>
>     I have executed the above commands on the po files that I have
>     synced from the KDE kannada website
>     (http://i18n.kde.org/team-infos.php?teamcode=kn).
>
>     After running the above commands, I am able to get the window
>     language in kannada, for applications that are run using the
>     following command (as root):
>
>     KDE_LANG=kn <application>
>
>     For example:
>
>     KDE_LANG=kn kwrite
>
>     However, there are some situations which are not applications that
>     can be called. For example, the menu that appears when we right
>     click on the desktop. What should be done in that case?
>
>     Thanks and Regards,
>
>     cs
>
>     On 07/25/2016 12:03 PM, shankar prasad wrote:
>>     Hi Suchendra,
>>
>>     To display any linux application in Kannada (or any language
>>     other that En) you need to create an .mo (machine object) file
>>     from .po (portable object) file and place them under
>>     "/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES".
>>
>>     For example for gedit, the locale file should be gedit.mo and
>>     placed under above mentioned directory.
>>
>>     To generate .mo file you can use msgfmt tool or poedit
>>
>>     hth
>>
>>     Regards
>>
>>     On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 4:59 PM, Suchindra Chandrahas
>>     <cs at csuchindra.com <mailto:cs at csuchindra.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         Hi,
>>
>>         I just wanted to know how to install the .po files provided
>>         at the following URL:
>>
>>         http://i18n.kde.org/team-infos.php?teamcode=kn
>>
>>         I would like to have the applications display in kannada, as
>>         displayed in the screenshots
>>
>>         Thanks and Regards,
>>
>>         cs
>>
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