debconf-getlang - extract a language from a templates file
debconf-getlang lang master [translation]
debconf-getlang --stats master translation [...]
Note: This utility is deprecated; you should switch to using the po-debconf
package.
This program helps make and manage translations of debconf templates. There are
basically three situations in which this program might be called:
- A translation is just being started.
- You want to provide the translator with a file they can
work on that has the English fields from your templates file, plus blank
Field-ll fields for the target language that they can fill in.
To do this, run the program with first parameter being the code for the
language that is being translated to, and the second parameter being the
filename of the English templates file.
- A translation is well under way.
- You have changed some English text, or added more items to
your templates file, and you want to send the translators a file with the
English text plus their current translations (or you are the translator,
and you want to generate such a file for your own use).
To accomplish this, run the program with the first parameter being the the
code for the language that is being translated to, the second parameter
being the filename of the master English templates file, and the third
parameter being the filename of the current translated file.
When run this way, the program is smart enough to notice fuzzy translations.
For example a fuzzy Description will be output as
Description-<lang>-fuzzy, and a new, blank Description-<lang>
will be added. Translators should remove the -fuzzy fields as they correct
the fuzzy translations.
- Checking the status of a translation
- To check the status of a translation, use the --status
flag, and pass the english template file as the first parameter, and all
the other translated templates after that. It will output statistics for
each of them. For example:
debconf-getlang --stats debian/templates debian/templates.*
Note that the text in the generated templates may be word-wrapped by debconf.
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Joey Hess <
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