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diff --git a/runtime/doc/repeat.txt b/runtime/doc/repeat.txt index e95b6a1ae6..0bfb1177c2 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/repeat.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/repeat.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -*repeat.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2023 May 26 +*repeat.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2024 Jun 20 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar @@ -735,6 +735,10 @@ Your directory layout would be like this: start/foobar/autoload/foo.vim " loaded when foo command used start/foobar/doc/foo.txt " help for foo.vim start/foobar/doc/tags " help tags + start/foobar/lang/<lang_id>/LC_MESSAGES/foo.po + " messages for the plugin in the + " <lang_id> language. These files are + " optional. opt/fooextra/plugin/extra.vim " optional plugin, defines commands opt/fooextra/autoload/extra.vim " loaded when extra command used opt/fooextra/doc/extra.txt " help for extra.vim @@ -762,6 +766,35 @@ the command after changing the plugin help: > :helptags path/start/foobar/doc :helptags path/opt/fooextra/doc +The messages that are in the lang/<lang_id>/LC_MESSAGES/foo.po file need to be +translated to a format that the |gettext()| function understands by running the +msgfmt program. This will result in a lang/<lang_id>/LC_MESSAGES/foo.mo +file. See |multilang| on how to specify languages. + +In your plugin, you need to call the |bindtextdomain()| function as follows. +This assumes that the directory structure is as above: > + :call bindtextdomain("foo", fnamemodify(expand("<script>"), ':p:h') + .. '/../lang/') +< +You only need to do this once. After this call, you can use: > + :echo gettext("Hello", "foo") +< +to get the text "Hello" translated to the user's preferred language (if the +plugin messages have been translated to this language). + +To create the foo.po file, you need to create a foo.pot file first. The +entries in this file need to be translated to the language(s) you want to be +supported by your plugin. + +To create the foo.pot file, run the following command: > + cd ~/.vim/pack/start/foobar + make -f ~/src/vim/src/po/Makefile PACKAGE=foo \ + PO_BASEDIR=~/src/vim/src/po PO_INPUTLIST= \ + PO_VIM_JSLIST="plugin__foo.js plugin__bar.js \ + autoload__foo.js" \ + PO_VIM_INPUTLIST="plugin/foo.vim plugin/bar.vim autoload/foo.vim" \ + foo.pot +< Dependencies between plugins ~ *packload-two-steps* |