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feat: make msgfmt.py support -o flag
Make msgfmt.py support -o flag like gnu msgfmt.
This allows:
make -C locale local_install MSGFMT="python3 ../roundup/msgfmt.py"
to compile locale files for use when running roundup_server in
development mode.
| author | John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org> |
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| date | Wed, 10 Apr 2024 19:01:54 -0400 |
| parents | a44c5da250fa |
| children | 828f79ae965b |
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| 127 | 127 |
| 128 which will compile the ``.po`` source files into binary | 128 which will compile the ``.po`` source files into binary |
| 129 ``.mo`` files and install them under | 129 ``.mo`` files and install them under |
| 130 ``locale/locale/<LANGUAGE_CODE>/LC_MESSAGES/roundup.mo``. For | 130 ``locale/locale/<LANGUAGE_CODE>/LC_MESSAGES/roundup.mo``. For |
| 131 German this will be | 131 German this will be |
| 132 ``locale/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/roundup.mo``. You will need | 132 ``locale/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/roundup.mo``. |
| 133 ``msgfmt`` from the the GNU gettext tools to be installed on | 133 |
| 134 your system. In a pinch you can invoke ``python roundup/msgfmt.py | 134 By default this requires ``msgfmt`` from the the GNU gettext tools |
| 135 po_file mo_file`` to compile your .po file to a .mo file. It's slow | 135 installed on your system. If you do not have ``msgfmt`` installed, you |
| 136 but seems to work in basic tests. The msgfmt.py file is used by | 136 can use: |
| 137 Roundup to compile out of date .po files. | 137 |
| 138 make -C locale local_install MSGFMT="python3 ../roundup/msgfmt.py" | |
| 139 | |
| 140 Also to compile a single .po file, you can invoke ``python | |
| 141 roundup/msgfmt.py po_file mo_file`` to compile your .po file to a .mo | |
| 142 file. It's slow but seems to work in basic tests. The msgfmt.py file | |
| 143 is used by Roundup to compile out of date .po files. | |
| 138 | 144 |
| 139 Submitting Changes | 145 Submitting Changes |
| 140 ------------------ | 146 ------------------ |
| 141 | 147 |
| 142 Most small changes can be submitted as patches through the | 148 Most small changes can be submitted as patches through the |