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main.c

@@ -197,10 +197,6 @@ static int start_gui(int argc, char **argv)
 	GMenu *m_quit;
 	GMenu *m_about;
 
-	bindtextdomain(GETTEXT_PACKAGE, LOCALEDATADIR "/locale");
-	bind_textdomain_codeset(GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
-	textdomain(GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
-
 	/*
 	 * Generate version dependent application id
 	 * This allows running the application in different versions at the same time.
@@ -273,6 +269,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	int scale = 1000;
 	int app_status = 0;
 
+	bindtextdomain(GETTEXT_PACKAGE, LOCALEDATADIR "/locale");
+	bind_textdomain_codeset(GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
+	textdomain(GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
+
 	GOptionEntry entries[] = {
 		{"version", 'v', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &version, "Print version", NULL},
 		{"renderer", 'r', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING_ARRAY, &renderer_args, "Renderer to use. Can be used multiple times.", "pdf|svg|tikz|ext"},

translations/pot/main.pot

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE.
+# Copyright (C) YEAR THE PACKAGE'S COPYRIGHT HOLDER
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the PACKAGE package.
+# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
+#
+#, fuzzy
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2019-10-18 20:50+0200\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
+"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
+"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
+"Language: \n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=CHARSET\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+
+#: ../main.c:99
+#, c-format
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"\n"
+"Full git commit: %s"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: ../main.c:118
+#, c-format
+msgid "Logo could not be displayed: %s\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: ../main.c:219
+#, c-format
+msgid ""
+"There is already an open instance. Will open second window in that "
+"instance.\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: ../main.c:98
+msgid ""
+"gds-render is a free tool for rendering GDS2 layout files into vector "
+"graphics."
+msgstr ""

translations/pot/po/de/main.po

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# German translations for gds-render package.
+# Copyright (C) 2019 THE PACKAGE'S COPYRIGHT HOLDER
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the gds-render package.
+# Mario Hüttel <mario.huettel@gmx.net>, 2019.
+#
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: gds-render VERSION\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2019-10-18 20:32+0200\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2019-10-18 20:49+0200\n"
+"Last-Translator:  <mario.huettel@gmx.net>\n"
+"Language-Team: German <translation-team-de@lists.sourceforge.net>\n"
+"Language: de\n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+"Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
+
+#: ../main.c:99
+#, c-format
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"\n"
+"Full git commit: %s"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"\n"
+"Vollständige git Commit-ID %s"
+
+#: ../main.c:118
+#, c-format
+msgid "Logo could not be displayed: %s\n"
+msgstr "Logo konnte nicht angezeigt werden: %s\n"
+
+#: ../main.c:219
+#, c-format
+msgid ""
+"There is already an open instance. Will open second window in that "
+"instance.\n"
+msgstr "Es is bereits eine Instanz dieses Programms geöffnet. Ein weiteres Fenster in dieser wird geöffnet.\n"
+
+#: ../main.c:98
+msgid ""
+"gds-render is a free tool for rendering GDS2 layout files into vector "
+"graphics."
+msgstr "gds-render is ein freies Werkzeug zum Wandeln von GDS2 Layouts in Vektorgrafiken."

translations/pot/prepare_language.sh

@@ -9,3 +9,25 @@ done
 DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" >/dev/null && pwd )"
 cd "$DIR"
 
+if [ -z $1 ]; then
+	echo "Please specify language code to generate/update"
+fi
+
+locale="$1"
+podir="./po/$locale"
+echo "Selected locale: $locale"
+mkdir -p "$podir"
+pots=`find . -name '*.pot'`
+for pot in $pots; do
+	po=`echo "$podir/${pot%.pot}.po" | sed -e "s/\/.\//\//g"`
+	echo -n "$po: "
+	
+	if [ -f "$po" ]; then
+		echo "update"
+		msgmerge --update "$po" "$pot"
+	else
+		echo "generate"
+		msginit --input="$pot" --locale="$locale" --output="$po"
+	fi
+	
+done