[Caminol10n] using firefox files for camino

[Jan Jamsek]

Just FYI, I had to replace the string ([^\s]*) = (.*) with ([^ 
\s]*)=(.*) (no spaces around the = symbol) to make the find/replace  
work. :)

BR, Jan

On 9.7.2009, at 0:37, Marcello Testi wrote:

> I must admit I couldn't wait to try this trick that would save us a  
> lot of time!
> So, I tried and here's my take.
> First, I don't think the spreadsheet steps are necessary. I did  
> pretty much all it takes using just TextWrangler, the free text  
> editor from the makers of BBEdit. I guess that any text editor with  
> grep abilities and that plays nice with Unicode would do as well.
>
> 1) get firefox in your language.
> 2) inside the .app bundle, you have to look for your language:  
> Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/chrome/
> 3) here you find a file called "nl.jar" (in my case) (or you can use  
> the folder "locale", which has a "nl" folder inside, I don't if  
> there are differences between the jar file and the folder)
> 4) rename (or duplicate) to nl.zip, and open it.
> 5) now you have a list of files with the translations used in Firefox.
> 6) open a file which has translations you want to use. I use  
> TextWrangler, which supports grep.
> 7) eliminate the lines starting with # (they are comments and are  
> mainly positioned at the beginning of the file) TO DO: write a  
> simple regexp to empty those lines
> 8) do an initial find/replace (no grep) in order to escape double  
> quotes
> 	Find: "
> 	Replace: \"
> 9) do another find/replace with grep enabled
> 	Find: ([^\s]*) = (.*)
> 	Replace: "\1" = "\2"
> it will wrap double quotes around the strings to the left and to the  
> right of the = sign
> 10) right click on your "globale_locale_ ... properties.strings"  
> file, and select the option "Translate using external strings file "
> 11) all the strings are there in iLocalize! (except for the  
> identical ones, or not translated), you have to approve the  
> translations, and it's done!
>
> These steps have been tested on a handful of files. Any reports on  
> using them, comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome.
>
> PS - Your fellow Firefox translators might have made some mistakes:  
> don't forget to review the strings yourself and to pass them to your  
> reviewer.
>
> Thanks again for your input, Stefan.
> Ciao.
> Marcello.
>
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