Re: [Bug-cpio] Translations for man pages

[Mario Blättermann]

Hi all,

Am 17.03.2014 11:53, schrieb Mario Blättermann:
> Hi,
> 
> the user interface GNU cpio is already translatable for a very long time and
> translated into many languages. We should also provide translated man pages 
> and
> texinfo manual. Although po4a [1] should be able to handle it, it fails on the
> latter for now, so we should concentrate the effort on the man pages.
> 
> Have a look at the attached files:
> 
> The script create-man-pot.sh creates a pot template from the contents of 
> cpio.1
> and mt.1. It also contains a command for creating a template from the texinfo
> manual, but this fails currently, as already mentioned. Half the file gets
> parsed "as is" without splitting it into legible strings. Seems to be a common
> problem in po4a-updatepo, it also fails on a few other texinfo manuals
> (coreutils, recutils etc.).
> 
> The second script translate-man.sh writes the translated strings back to the
> roff files. It assumes the presence of the po files in the same directory. For
> testing purposes I've written a German translation which I've also attached.
> It's complete for the time being, but has to be reviewed first by other 
> translators.
> 
> There's a module on translationproject.org for the UI translations. We need
> another one named cpio-man or anything similar to maintain the doc 
> translations
> accordingly.
> 
> Besides that, the localization should happen before releasing a new version.
> Means, it should be part of "make dist". That way the distribution packagers
> don't have to bother with po4a. Moreover, it can be critical to use different
> po4a versions while creating the template and the resulting man pages.
> 
No interest in translated documentations...? Additionally, I have figured out
the correct way to generate a translation template for the Texinfo manual.
Wouldn't it be nice to have both the man pages and Texinfo manual (for the web
site!) in some native languages?

Best Regards,
Mario