Re: [Gimp-developer] How to distribute translated/translatable python plugins in 2.99

[Jehan Pagès <jehan marmottard gmail com>]

Hi!

On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 11:38 PM Ofnuts via gimp-developer-list <
gimp-developer-list gnome org> wrote:

> What is necessary to distribute a translation-enabled python plugin for
> 2.99?
>
> I assume that the plugin distribution should be self-sufficient  since
> it cannot assume that translations will be available in some general
> repository.
>
> What should the plugin directory look like (it seems it needs a "locale"
> subdirectory)?


Indeed.

But adding and "fr.po" file there with some msgid/msgstr
> doesn't seem enough.


It must be "compiled" too. `.po` files are source for `.mo` (or `.gmo`)
files.
Also it must be in subdirectories (standard translation organizations). So
if your plug-in is called "my-plug-in", then the .mo file for French would
likely be in locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/my-plug-in.mo


> Are there examples available (outside of Gimp's
> source code since these use the general repo).

I am planning to make tutorials for all the GIMP 3.0 API for plug-in
creation, and more generally extension creation. This will include
localization.
We are currently also in the process of reviving https://developer.gimp.org/
(which is very outdated right now).

Anyway that's a lot of work being done right now. We can't give ETA, but it
will happen. :-)


> And do menu locations need to be translated as well?

That's actually one of the things I still have to review and make decisions
or changes about. Look at my little checkbox at the bottom of this comment:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/8124#note_1493804
The one box still unchecked says "Menu paths" which I believe is what you
are asking about.

Again, it's on my TODO, but I can't give an ETA. My hope is that I can make
time to finish this one for the next dev release. We'll see.

Jehan

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