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

shankar prasad prasad.mvs at gmail.com
Mon Jul 25 10:11:57 UTC 2016


Hi,

In that case we need to find our from which package/module those right
click menu is coming. And then you need to check if you imported its
Translation to your system or not.

Shankar

25 ಜು. 2016 3:39 PM ರಂದು, "Suchindra Chandrahas" <cs at csuchindra.com> ಅವರು
ಬರೆದಿದ್ದಾರೆ:

> 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>
> 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>
>> 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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>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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