README.i18n

Using a translation

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All available translations can be found in the locale directory in the

poweradmin base directory. The Dutch translation for example, can be

found in locale/nl_NL. To review the status of the translation, you 

can have a look at the nl.po file in the LC_MESSAGES directory.

If you want to use a translation, say the nl_NL, all you have to do is 

edit inc/i18n.php file and change the $language variable to the desired

language, for example "nl_NL".

If this doesn't work, please try to do the following:

 - cd /path/to/poweradmin/locale/$lang/LC_MESSAGES/

 - msgfmt $lang.po -o messages.mo 

If that doesn't help either, most likely your system itself is not

setup properly. See <https://rejo.zenger.nl/misc/1176630442.php> maybe

of some help.

Adding a new translation

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If you want to create a new translation you can do the following. For

example, if you want to create a Dutch translation:

 - cd /path/to/poweradmin/

 - mkdir -p locale/nl_NL/LC_MESSAGES/

 - cp docs/template.pot locale/nl_NL/LC_MESSAGES/nl.po

 - cd locale/nl_NL/LC_MESSAGES/

 - vim nl.po

 - msgfmt nl.po -o messages.mo

Updating the translation template file

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If creating a new translation and you are not sure if the template file

that was provided in the distribution, you may want to re-create the 

template file. To do so, do the following:

 - cd /path/to/poweradmin/

 - xgettext --no-wrap -o docs/template.pot *.php inc/*.php

The last command updates the template file in docs/ directory.