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<title>Adding New Languages</title> <title>Adding New Languages</title>
<para> <para>
Written by &name-morten-welinder; <email>&email-morten-welinder;</email>, This file documents the necessary procedure for adding a new
January 1996. language to the list of languages that Wine can display system
menus and forms in. Adding new translations is not hard as
it requires no programming knowledge or special skills.
</para> </para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Thereafter revised February 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> <para>
(Extracted from <filename>wine/documentation/languages</filename>) Language dependent resources reside in files
named <filename>somefile_Xx.rc</filename> or
<filename>Xx.rc</filename>, where <literal>Xx</literal>
is your language abbreviation (look for it in
<filename>include/winnls.h</filename>). These are included
in a master file named <filename>somefile.rc</filename> or
<filename>rsrc.rc</filename>, located in the same
directory as the language files.
</para> </para>
<para> <para>
This file documents the necessary procedure for adding a new To add a new language to one of these resources you
language to the list of languages that Wine can display system need to make a copy of the English resource (located
menus and forms in. Currently at least the following languages in the <filename>somefile_En.rc</filename> file) over to
are still missing: your <filename>somefile_Xx.rc</filename> file, include this
<simplelist columns="5" type="horiz"> file in the master <filename>somefile.rc</filename> file,
<member>Bulgarian</member> and edit the new file to translate the English text.
<member>Chinese</member> You may also need to rearrange some of the controls
<member>Greek</member> to better fit the newly translated strings. Test your changes
<member>Icelandic</member> to make sure they properly layout on the screen.
<member>Japanese</member>
<member>Romanian</member>
<member>Croatian</member>
<member>Slovak</member>
<member>Turkish</member>
<member>Slovanian</member>
</simplelist>
</para> </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> <para>
To add a new language you need to be able to translate the In menus, the character "&amp;" means that the next
relatively few texts, of course. You will need very little character will be highlighted and that pressing that
knowledge of programming, so you have almost no excuses for letter will select the item. You should place these
not adding your language, right? We should easily be able to "&amp;" characters suitably for your language, not just
support 20 languages within a few months, get going! Apart copy the positions from English. In particular,
from re-compilation it'll take you about an hour or two. items within one menu should have different highlighted
letters.
</para> </para>
<para> <para>
To add a new language to the list of languages that Wine can To get a list of the files that need translating,
handle you must... run the following command in the root of your Wine tree:
<command>find -name "*En.rc"</command>.
</para> </para>
<orderedlist> <para>
<listitem> When adding a new language, also make sure the parameters
<para> defined in <filename>./dlls/kernel/nls/*.nls</filename>
Find the language ID in fit your local habits and language.
<filename>include/winnls.h</filename>. </para>
</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 internationalization support. See the
appropriate files there for reference.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Edit <filename>documentation/internationalization</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> </sect1>
</chapter> </chapter>
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