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ADDING LANGUAGES TO WINE
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This file documents the necessary procedure for adding a new language
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to the list of languages that Wine can display system menus and forms
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in. Currently at least the following languages are still missing:
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Bulgarian, Chinese, Greek, Icelandic, Japanese, Romanian,
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Croatian, Slovak, Turkish, and Slovanian.
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To add a new language you need to be able to translate the relatively
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few texts, of course. You will need very little knowledge of
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programming, so you have almost no excuses for not adding your language,
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right? We should easily be able to support 20 languages within a few
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months, get going! Apart from re-compilation it'll take you about an
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hour or two.
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To add a new language to the list of languages that Wine can handle
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you must...
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0. Find the language ID in /include/winnls.h .
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1. Look in ole/ole2nls.c if your language is already incorporated in
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the "static const struct NLS_langlocale". If not: find the
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appropriate entries in /include/winnls.h and add them to the list.
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2. Edit the parameters defined in /ole/nls/*.nls to fit your local
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habits and language.
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3. Edit documentation/wine.man (search for -language) to show the new
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language abbreviation.
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4. Edit misc/main.c variable "Languages" to contain the new language
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abbreviation and language ID. Also edit macro "USAGE" to show the
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new abbreviation.
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5. Edit include/options.h enum "WINE_LANGUAGE" to have a member called
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LANG_XX where XX is the new abbreviation.
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6. Create a new file dlls/commdlg/cdlg_XX.rc (where XX is your language
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abbreviation) containing all menus.
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Your best bet is to copy cdlg_En.rc and start translating.
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There is no real need to know how the internal structure of the file,
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as you only need to translate the text within quotes.
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In menus, the character "&" means that the next character will
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be highlighted and that pressing that letter will select the item.
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You should place these "&"s suitably for your language, not just
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copy the positions from (say) English. In particular, items within
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one menu should have different highlighted letters.
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7. Edit dlls/commdlg/rsrc.rc to contain an include statement for your
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cdlg_XX.rc file.
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8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 again for:
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- dlls/shell32/shell32_XX.rc and shres.rc
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- resources/sysres_XX.rc and user32.rc
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9. Re-configure, re-make dependencies, and re-make Wine.
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10. Check your new menus and forms; when they're not ok,
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go back to 6) and adapt the sizes, etc.
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11. Several of the winelib based programs in the subdirectory programs
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also have internationalisation support. See the appropriate files
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there for reference.
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12. Edit /documentation/internationalisation to show the new status.
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13. Submit patches for inclusion in the next Wine release,
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see file ./ANNOUNCE for details about where to submit.
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January 1996
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Morten Welinder
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[I hope I got all the places where changes are needed. If you see any
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place missing from the above list, submit a patch to this file please.
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Also note that re-organization of the source code might change the list
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of places.]
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Therefore revised Februari 1999 by Klaas van Gend
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Revised again May 23, 1999, Klaas van Gend
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