wine/documentation/i18n.sgml

  <chapter id="i18n">
    <title>Internationalization</title>

    <sect1 id="adding-languages">
      <title>Adding New Languages</title>

      <para>
        written by Morten Welinder, January 1996.
      </para>

      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>Thereafter revised Februari 1999 by Klaas van Gend</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>Revised again May 23, 1999, Klaas van Gend</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>Updated May 26, 2000, Zoran Dzelajlija</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>

      <para>
        (Extracted from <filename>wine/documentation/languages</filename>)
      </para>

      <para>
        This file documents the necessary procedure for adding a new
        language to the list of languages that Wine can display system
        menus and forms in. Currently at least the following languages
        are still missing:
        <simplelist columns="5" type="horiz">
          <member>Bulgarian</member>
          <member>Chinese</member>
          <member>Greek</member>
          <member>Icelandic</member>
          <member>Japanese</member>
          <member>Romanian</member>
          <member>Croatian</member>
          <member>Turkish</member>
          <member>Slovanian</member>
        </simplelist>
      </para>

      <note>
        <para>
          <emphasis>I hope I got all the places where changes are
            needed.  If you see any place missing from the list,
            submit a patch to this file please. Also note that
            re-organization of the source code might change the list of
            places.</emphasis>
        </para>
      </note>

      <para>
        To add a new language you need to be able to translate the
        relatively few texts, of course.  You will need very little
        knowledge of programming, so you have almost no excuses for
        not adding your language, right?  We should easily be able to
        support 20 languages within a few months, get going!  Apart
        from re-compilation it'll take you about an hour or two.
      </para>
      <para>
        To add a new language to the list of languages that Wine can
        handle you must...
      </para>

      <orderedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>Find the language ID in
            <filename>include/winnls.h</filename>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Look in <filename>ole/ole2nls.c</filename> if your
            language is already incorporated in the <varname>static
              const struct NLS_langlocale</varname>. If not: find the
            appropriate entries in
            <filename>include/winnls.h</filename> and add them to the
            list.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Edit the parameters defined in
            <filename>ole/nls/*.nls</filename> to fit your local
            habits and language.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Edit <filename>documentation/wine.man.in</filename>
            (search for <parameter>-language</parameter>) to show the
            new language abbreviation.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Edit <filename>misc/main.c</filename> variable
            <varname>Languages</varname> to contain the new language
            abbreviation and language ID.  Also edit
            <structname>struct option_table</structname> in
            <filename>misc/options.c</filename> to show the new
            abbreviation.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Edit <filename>include/options.h</filename>
            <type>enum</type> <varname>WINE_LANGUAGE</varname> to have
            a member called <literal>LANG_XX</literal> where
            <literal>XX</literal> is the new abbreviation.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Create a new file
            <filename>dlls/commdlg/cdlg_XX.rc</filename> (where
            <literal>XX</literal> is your language  abbreviation)
            containing all menus. Your best bet is to copy
            <filename>cdlg_En.rc</filename> and start translating.
            There is no real need to know how the internal structure
            of the file, as you only need to translate the text within
            quotes. 
          </para>
          <para>
            In menus, the character "&amp;" means that the next
            character will be highlighted and that pressing that
            letter will select the item. You should place these
            "&amp;" characters suitably for your language, not just
            copy the positions from (say) English.  In particular,
            items within one menu should have different highlighted
            letters.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Edit <filename>dlls/commdlg/rsrc.rc</filename> to contain
            an <symbol>#include</symbol> statement for your
            <filename>cdlg_XX.rc</filename> file.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Repeat steps 6 and 7 again for:
            <itemizedlist>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <filename>dlls/shell32/shell32_XX.rc</filename> and
                  <filename>shres.rc</filename>
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <filename>resources/sysres_XX.rc</filename> and
                  <filename>user32.rc</filename>
                </para>
              </listitem>
            </itemizedlist>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Re-configure, re-make dependencies, and re-make Wine.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Check your new menus and forms; when they're not ok, go
            back to 6) and adapt the sizes, etc.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Several of the winelib based programs in the subdirectory
            programs also have internationalisation support. See the
            appropriate files there for reference.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>Edit
            <filename>documentation/internationalisation</filename> to
            show the new status.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Submit patches for inclusion in the next Wine release, see
            file <filename>./ANNOUNCE</filename> for details about
            where to submit.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </orderedlist>
    </sect1>
  </chapter>

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