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- Here is how to translate the current message catalogues for the Linux
- library into your local language.
-
- * First find a techinically minded multilinguist to help you with the
- translations.
-
- * Starting from this directory, make a copy of the `English' directory
- to a named language of your choice - Lets say `Test' for example
-
- % cp -r English Test
-
- * Edit the files under the directory `Test' to suit your language.
-
- * Finally compile the message (.m) files to a binary format and install
- it in the default location. You may need to be root to do this.
-
- % make test install
-
- If you only want to test then you can say
-
- In csh: (tcsh)
- % setenv NLSPATH `pwd`/libc.cat
-
- In sh: (bash)
- % export NLSPATH=`pwd`/libc.cat
-
- Thats it. Please also read the README.editing file.
-
- Note: `Permission denied' is probably the easiest mesage to generate so as
- to check if everything is working.
-
- Try "touch /" as normal user and you should get "Permission denied"
- in your own language if you have followed the steps above properly.
-
- Any problems ??
- Contact me.
-
- Mitch
- (m.dsouza@mrc-apu.cam.ac.uk)
-