[GNC-dev] How to generate latest .pot file from source code?

[John Ralls]

> On Jun 1, 2021, at 6:51 PM, BrianHsu <brianhsu.hsu at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to translate GnuCash to my native language. During the
> process of translation, I found some text already changed in the maint
> branch, but in my .po file, those changes does not exist.
> 
> For example, I've built the program from in maint branch using the
> following command:
> 
> $ cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$HOME/opt
> $ make
> 
> And run the program, open the Advanced Portfolio report through the
> Report menu.
> 
> In the Options dialog of that report, there is a Basis calculation
> method dropdown menu, in GnuCash 4.5 release, it was abbreviation
> like  "FIFO" / "LIFO", but in the maint branch, it's now "First-in first-out"
> and "Last-in first-out".
> 
> But in po/zh_TW.po, the msgid is still "FIFO" / "LIFO", and no entry
> for updated text.
> 
> IIRC, there should be a command or some build script that extract the
> .pot file from latest source codes, so I could merge it to the current .po
> file and make sure my translation is complete for the current codebase.
> 
> But I couldn't find out how to do that in GnuCash lastest code base,
> there is no .pot file after I built the program using the command
> mentioned above.
> 
> What should I do to make sure my .po file is compatible with the
> latest codebase?

Direct answer:

  make pot
  msgmerge -u path/to/gnucash-git/po/zh_TW.po po/gnucash.pot

Suggestion:

Use weblate so that you don't have to worry about that stuff and can concentrate on translating.

Regards,
Jon Ralls