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

Suchindra Chandrahas cs at csuchindra.com
Mon Jul 25 12:46:49 UTC 2016


Thanks Shankar

Will check that out. Will get in touch with you privately regarding 
tools such as lokalize and how to enter more translations

Thanks and Regards,

cs

On 07/25/2016 03:41 PM, shankar prasad wrote:
>
> 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 
> <mailto: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 <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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>>
>>
>

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