[josm-dev] Wanted: Plugin Translation With Launchpad HowTo

[Holger Mappt]

On 25.12.2013 13:56, Dirk Stöcker wrote:
>
> How should changing the commons file help you to add other languages?

I'm not sure if I understand your question.  The only thing that is left 
to do is to add the translations of the plugin description to the plugin 
MANIFEST.

plugins/build-common.xml is the file where MANIFEST is created.  To get 
the translations of the description into the MANIFEST that creation 
process needs to be extended.  Thus the MANIFEST build rule in 
build-common.xml needs to be extended.  I don't know yet how that could 
be done, I think it is a combination of a script and ANT commands.

> I18N is already complete as it is now. What can be done is only a
> cleaner interface by storing data at the right place, but it is a lot of
> work and no user visible result. And probably some side-effects nobody
> knows yet.

You mean the plugin description translations should not be added to the 
MANIFEST because there could be side-effects and it is not user visible? 
  OK, then I will add that just to my plugin.

Regards,
Holger