locale/README.locales

   1 SquirrelMail distributes translations separately from
   2 main scripts.
   3
   4 If you are using SquirrelMail cvs copy, you can download
   5 translations with commands
   6
   7 cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/squirrelmail login
   8 cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/squirrelmail co locales
   9
  10 If you are using some SquirrelMail release, translations should be
  11 available in squirrelmail download page.
  12
  13 http://squirrelmail.org/download.php
  14
  15 Packaged translations are distributed in archives named
  16
  17 xx_XX-{sm-version}-{release-date}.tar.gz
  18 xx_XX-{sm-version}-{release-date}.tar.bz2
  19 xx_XX-{sm-version}-{release-date}.zip
  20
  21 For example:
  22 es_ES-1.5.0-20031201.tar.gz should contain Spanish translation
  23 of SM 1.5.0 strings released on December 01, 2003. Translation is
  24 packaged with tar and gzip.
  25
  26 all_locales-{sm-version}-{release-date}.{tar.gz|tar.bz2|zip} packages
  27 contain all available translations.
  28
  29 locales-{sm-version}-{release-date}-src.{tar.gz|tar.bz2|zip} packages
  30 contain all available squirrelmail translations without compiled gettext
  31 strings. compilelocales script that is included in package should create
  32 all required .mo files if you have msgfmt program.
  33
  34 SquirrelMail translation consist of:
  35 1. translated gettext strings (squirrelmail.po)
  36 2. compiled gettext strings (squirrelmail.mo)
  37 3.(optional)  translated help files (*.hlp)
  38 4.(optional) translated images (sec_remove_*.png)
  39
  40 Gettext translations should be placed in
  41 locale/language_country/LC_MESSAGES/ directory.
  42
  43 For example:
  44 Spanish translated strings should go to
  45 locale/es_ES/LC_MESSAGES/squirrelmail.po and compiled
  46 strings go to locale/es_ES/LC_MESSAGES/squirrelmail.mo
  47
  48 Help files are placed in help/language_country/ directory.
  49
  50 Spanish help files are stored in help/es_ES/ directory.