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==============================================================================
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2) Get the source from CVS/SVN
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FIXME: This section is now outdated since the source is now in SVN
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instead of CVS. Please check the website.
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****FIXME: This section is now outdated since the source is now in SVN
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instead of CVS. Please check the website.*****
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#######################################################################
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The first thing to do is to download the latest STABLE branch of gnucash
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from CVS and get it to compile. Do not use the HEAD branch, since the text
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in the HEAD branch changes so much, it would be a waste of time to translate
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Checkout the current stable branch.
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cvs -z3 -d :pserver:cvs@cvs.gnucash.org:/home/cvs/cvsroot checkout \
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-rgnucash-1-8-branch gnucash
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-rgnucash-2-0-branch gnucash
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Checkout the documentation (optional, but recommended)
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cvs -z3 -d :pserver:cvs@cvs.gnucash.org:/home/cvs/cvsroot checkout \
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After this initial CVS checkout, you can update your CVS files using:
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cvs -d :pserver:cvs@cvs.gnucash.org:/home/cvs/cvsroot update gnucash
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########################################################################
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==============================================================================
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3) Contact the maintainer of your language
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#
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msgid ""
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msgstr ""
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"Project-Id-Version: GnuCash 1.8.3\n"
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"Project-Id-Version: GnuCash 2.0.0\n"
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"POT-Creation-Date: 2003-05-16 16:42-0300\n"
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"PO-Revision-Date: 2003-06-02 12:00-0300\n"
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"Last-Translator: Jon Lapham <lapham@extracta.com.br>\n"
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cd gnucash
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./autogen.sh
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./configure --enable-debug --prefix=/opt/gnucash-1.8
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./configure --enable-debug --prefix=/opt/gnucash-2.0
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If autogen complains about missing development packages, find them on your
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favorite OS distribution, install it, and try to re-run the autogen command.
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through the same process:
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./autogen.sh
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./configure --prefix=/opt/gnucash-1.8
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./configure --prefix=/opt/gnucash-2.0
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make
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su -
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make install
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After installation, insure that it works by running (as a normal user,
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no need to be root here):
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/opt/gnucash-1.8/bin/gnucash
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/opt/gnucash-2.0/bin/gnucash
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It is a good idea to use absolute paths like this to insure you run
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the proper gnucash executable. To run your OS pre-installed version of
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gnucash has available by placing the LANG env var before the call to the
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executable:
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LANG=pt_BR /opt/gnucash-1.8/bin/gnucash
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LANG=pt_BR /opt/gnucash-2.0/bin/gnucash
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==============================================================================
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6) The glossary file
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Now you can run gnucash with your ned translations:
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LANG=XXXX /opt/gnucash-1.8/bin/gnucash
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LANG=XXXX /opt/gnucash-2.0/bin/gnucash
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When you are happy with the new translation file, email a gzipped version
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of it to the gnucash-patches mailing list.
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To do this, you need to run gnucash under gdb:
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LANG=XXXX /opt/gnucash-1.8/bin/gnucash-env gdb /usr/bin/guile
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LANG=XXXX /opt/gnucash-2.0/bin/gnucash-env gdb /usr/bin/guile
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Then, from within gdb, issue:
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run -e main -s /opt/gnucash-1.8/libexec/gnucash/overrides/gnucash --g-fatal-warnings
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run -e main -s /opt/gnucash-2.0/libexec/gnucash/overrides/gnucash --g-fatal-warnings
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Eventually, gnucash should crash (because of the --g-fatal-warnings
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directive), when it does, issue from within gdb:
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To follow gnucash as it access files,
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==============================================================================
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11) How to translate the GnuCash guide and/or help files
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Chris Lyttle
20 years ago