GNOME Goal: LINGUAS

Please note that you will need at least intltool version 0.35.0 to achieve this goal.

Without LINGUAS file, to add a new language, the translators have to modify configure.ac directly. Using LINGUAS they just have to know about stuff in the po subdirectory.

In the following, we refer to the configure file as configure.ac, but depending on the module, this file may actually be called configure.in.

1. First, make sure that the module is using intltool; search for INTLTOOL in configure.ac. If not found, file a bug about it.

2. Create the LINGUAS file in the po subdirectory, and copy the list of language codes from the ALL_LINGUAS line from configure.ac into it, with one locale per line. The file should now look like this:

# please keep this list sorted alphabetically
#
aa
bb
cc
dd
ee
ff

3. In configure.ac, remove the ALL_LINGUAS and, if the module was migrated according to the old instructions of this goal, remove also this line:

AC_SUBST([CONFIG_STATUS_DEPENDENCIES],['$(top_srcdir)/po/LINGUAS'])

4. Now, check for IT_PROG_INTLTOOL or AC_PROG_INTLTOOL and change it to:

IT_PROG_INTLTOOL([0.35.0])

(yes, change it to IT_... even if it used to be AC_....)

Status of this goal

When starting to work on one module, you can also put your name in the status so that other people don't duplicate the work you're doing.

State	Markup
todo	`<: #ff8080> todo`
patch	`<: #ffc849> [[GnomeBug:xxxxx\|patch]]`
done	`<: #80ff80> [[GnomeBug:xxxxx\|done]]`
not needed	`<: #80ff80> not needed`

Above are the states and corresponding markup to update the modules state table below.

Module	Status
Desktop
alacarte	done
bug-buddy	done
cheese	done
control-center	done
dasher	done
deskbar-applet	done
eel	done
ekiga	done
eog	done
epiphany	done
evince	done
evolution-data-server	done
evolution	done
evolution-exchange	done
evolution-webcal	done
fast-user-switch-applet	done
file-roller	done
gcalctool	done
gconf-editor	done
gdm	done
gedit	done
gnome-applets	done
gnome-backgrounds	done
gnome-desktop	done
gnome-doc-utils	done
gnome-games	done
gnome-icon-theme	done
gnome-keyring	done
gnome-netstatus	done
gnome-nettool	done
gnome-mag	done
gnome-media	done
gnome-menus	done
gnome-panel	done
gnome-power-manager	done
gnome-python-desktop	not needed
gnome-screensaver	done
gnome-session	done
gnome-settings-daemon	done
gnome-speech	not needed
gnome-system-monitor	done
gnome-system-tools	done
gnome-terminal	done
gnome-themes	done
gnome-user-docs	not needed
gnome-utils	done
gnome-volume-manager	done
gok	done
gstreamer	not needed
gst-plugins	not needed
gtk-engines	not needed
gtkhtml	done
gtksourceview	done
gucharmap	done
gvfs	done
hamster-applet	done
libgail-gnome	not needed
libgnomekbd	done
libgtop	done
libgweather	done
liboobs	not needed
librsvg	not needed
libsoup	not needed
libwnck	done
metacity	done
mousetweaks	done
nautilus	done
nautilus-cd-burner	done
orca	done
pygtksourceview	not needed
seahorse	done
sound-juicer	done
swfdec-gnome	done
tomboy	done
totem	done
totem-pl-parser	done
vinagre	done
vino	done
vte	done
yelp	done
zenity	done
Desktop (to be deprecated)
gnome-keyring-manager	done
libgnomeprint	done
libgnomeprintui	done
Development Tools
accerciser	done
anjuta	done
devhelp	done
gdl	done
glade3	done
gnome-build	done
gnome-devel-docs	not needed
Platform
GConf	done
at-spi	done
atk	done
gail	not needed	gail has been integrated into gtk+ from GNOME 2.23 on
glib	done
gnome-mime-data	not needed	WONTFIX: gnome-mime-data isn't used anymore in the GNOME releases (except by legacy software)
gnome-vfs	done
gtk+	done	Without using intltool
gtk-doc	not needed
intltool	not needed
libglade	not needed
libxml2	not needed
libxslt	not needed
pango	not needed
pkgconfig	not needed
Platform (to be deprecated)
ORBit2	not needed
audiofile	not needed
esound	not needed
libIDL	not needed
libart_lgpl	not needed
libbonobo	done
libbonoboui	done
libgnome	done
libgnomecanvas	done
libgnomeui	done
Admin
pessulus	done
sabayon	done
Bindings (C++)
glibmm	not needed
gtkmm	not needed
libglademm	not needed
gconfmm	not needed
libgnomecanvasmm	not needed
libgnome-vfsmm	not needed
libgnomemm	not needed
libgnomeuimm	not needed
libxml++	not needed
Bindings (java)
glib-java (jg-common)	not needed
libgtk-java	not needed
libgnome-java	not needed
libgconf-java	not needed
libglade-java	not needed
Bindings (perl)
Glib	not needed
Gtk2	not needed
Gtk2-GladeXML	not needed
Gnome2-GConf	not needed
Gnome2-Canvas	not needed
Gnome2-VFS	not needed
Gnome2	not needed
Bindings (python)
pygobject	not needed
pygtk	not needed
GnomePython	not needed
Other
atomix	done
banshee	done
banter	done
beagle	done
contact-lookup-applet	done
dia	done
eggcups	done
f-spot	done
gnome-blog	done
gnome-bluetooth	done
gnome-main-menu	done
gnome-mud	done
gnopernicus	done
Gnumeric	done
GParted	done
GNOME Phone Manager	done
gossip	done
gtetrinet	done
gthumb	done
gtranslator	done
libbtctl	done
libgsf	done
nautilus-sendto	done
nautilus-vcs	done
NetworkManager	done
pan2	done
QuickLoungeApplet	done
rhythmbox	done
startup-notification	not needed
xchat-gnome	done