On 8 April 2011 20:43, Paul Lesniewski <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> Please don't top-post. Refer to the mailing list posting guidelines > >> if you have doubts about how to post here. > >> > >> >>> > I have my Squirrelmail translated into Spanish, but I don't know how > >> >>> > to > >> >>> > translate the messages of my plugins (ie restrict_senders). Do I > >> >>> > have > >> >>> > togenerate my own translation? > >> >>> > >> >>> Yes, unless it's already been translated. Where to put the translated > >> >>> plugin file depends on the plugin. IIRC, Restrict Senders needs its > >> >>> translated file under the main squirrelmail/locales directory. > >> >>> > >> >>> You might want to start here > >> >>> > >> >>> http://squirrelmail.org/docs/translator/translator.html > >> >>> http://squirrelmail.org/wiki/HelpTranslating > >> >>> > >> >>> Both links are found with quick and easy web searches. > >> >> > >> >> Thanks for the reply, > >> >> yes, I already had a look to those links, but I wasnt sure if that was > >> >> the > >> >> right way to do it. > >> >> Ok, so I'll work on that. > >> > > >> > After trying a few things on the documentation, still not translating. I > >> > am > >> > sorry if I am asking about obvious things, but I dont know what else to > >> > try > >> > and I am stuck. > >> > I have followed the steps here: > >> > http://squirrelmail.org/wiki/HelpTranslating > >> > where it says "Translating plugins". > >> > I have changed a tested it, putting a string in the msgstr parameter, as > >> > the > >> > documentation suggests,.. but no luck. > >> > I restarted Apache, but still the same. > >> > If anyone has done this before, it could be very helpful. > >> > >> You need to show what you've done in order for anyone to tell you why > >> it isn't working. Also be specific about which plugin you're > >> translating. We need *EVERY* detail. > >> > > > > Sorry for the top-posting.. long time I haven't posted so I forget. > > Thanks for understanding. Next thing to fix is not to send HTML to > mailing lists, thanks. > > > I have realised now what's missing, by still don't know how to go on. > > The plugin's name is "restrict_senders". Here is what I did: > > - I created path where the .po and .mo files will be saved, that is, as the > > documentation says, using ../locale/<language_code>/LC_MESSAGES > > /path/squirrelmail-1.4.21/plugins/restrict_senders/locale/es_ES/LC_MESSAGES > > These two paths are not the same thing. You need to place your translation in: > > ...../squirrelmail/locale/es_ES/LC_MESSAGES > > > - Then I created the .po file: > > xgettext --keyword=_ -d restrict_senders -s --language=php *.php > > That generated the file: restrict_senders.po > > xgettext is used to generate a .pot file. And you should notice that > Restrict Senders already comes with one for you in its locale > directory. > > > - Compiled it: > > msgfmt -o restrict_senders.mo restrict_senders.po > > - Then I had my restrict_senders.po and restrict_senders.mo > > /path/squirrelmail-1.4.21/plugins/restrict_senders/locale/es_ES/LC_MESSAGES/restrict_senders.po > > /path/squirrelmail-1.4.21/plugins/restrict_senders/locale/es_ES/LC_MESSAGES/restrict_senders.mo > > - Then, modified this bit, for testing, in the restrict_senders.po file: > > #: functions.php:228 > > #, c-format > > msgid "Too many outgoing recipients. Please limit number of recipients to > > %d." > > msgstr "Esta es la traduccion." > > - Then compiled the modified .po file again. > > - Restarted Apache. > > So, I have realised that, at the beginning of the explanation, it says that > > I have to tell Squirrelmail where this file is (obvious now that I know..). > > I copy-paste the example in the documentation, that it's been done with > > another plugin, the view_as_html plugin: > > > > /* i18n.php defines the _() syntax */ > > include_once('../functions/i18n.php'); > > /* Now tell gettext where the locale directory for your plugin is > > * this is in relation to the src/ directory > > */ > > bindtextdomain('view_as_html', SM_PATH . 'plugins/view_as_html/locale'); > > /* Switch to your plugin domain so your messages get translated */ > > textdomain('view_as_html'); > > if($show_html_default == 1) { > > echo "<a href=\"$new_link&view_as_html=0\">"; > > echo _("View as plain text"); > > echo "</a>\n"; > > } > > else { > > echo "<a href=\"$new_link&view_as_html=1\">"; > > echo _("View as HTML"); > > echo "</a>\n"; > > } > > /* Switch back to the SquirrelMail domain */ > > bindtextdomain('squirrelmail', SM_PATH . 'locale'); > > textdomain('squirrelmail'); > > > > So, I found I don't know where to put this configuration... > > All this PHP code is unneeded. Restrict Senders is already coded > correctly for being translated. You only need to create a .po and .mo > and put them in the right place. When you're done, please share with > the community if you would. You should send it to our > squirrelmail-i18n mailing list (and this question would also have been > more appropriate there). > > > So, what it looks like, is that I have to change where it says > > "viw_as_html", and put instead "restrict_senders". > > But.. there's a configuration with the "if" that I don't know if that will > > apply to the restrict_senders plugin... ? > > So I am a bit stuck over there. > > Thank you. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- That's right. I got it perfectly working now. My mistake was I thought that I had to use the locale directory of the plugin, instead of the main directory of Squirrel. Thanks for your help. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. 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