I have the estonian .xpi file, where should i put it, before i change the general.useragent.locale string variable in about:config? if/when i succeed, i'll add it to the wiki (http://wiki.gnewsense.org/Documentation/IceCat)
thank you /laglik > Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:11:02 +0100 > From: "alexus.fs" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Translating IceCat > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <1237065062.6752.43.ca...@arrakis> > Content-Type: text/plain > > Il giorno sab, 14/03/2009 alle 14.20 +0200, kristian kankainen ha > scritto: >> Hello >> I can't find any information about translating IceCat, should i comply >> to firefox's guidelines? >> Could someone tell me where a .po file or alike is? > > you should start finding in the internet the firefox langpack file for > the language you want to translate > (i.e. https://addons.mozilla.org/it/firefox/addon/4194 for estonian or > http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0.7/win32/xpi/it.xpi > for italian...) > > in the 'chrome' folder of the .xpi langpack file you will find the .jar > translation file > > if this file is packed, to edit it may be necessary a Java Development > Kit... you should install openjdk-6-jdk: > $ sudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jdk > > now to modify the .jar file: > a) unpack it using the 'jar' command (it will give you a folder with a > lot of files and sub-folders) > b) edit it using a text editor (such gedit or scite) > c) repack the folder into a single .jar file using the command jar. > > references: > - the jar format: > http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/jar/jar.html > - the jar command: > http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/tools/solaris/jar.html > > an example (suppose working with 'myfile.jar' in the '~/tmpjar' folder): > $ cd ~/tmpjar > $ jar xf myfile.jar (unpack) > ... editing ... > $ jar uf miofile.jar /sourcejar (repack... sourcejar is the folder where > you get the extracted/edited file) > > editing: > a) the firefox .xpi langpack needs to be re-branded to make it a > icecat .xpi langpack... the files to modifiy are in > the /locale/branding/ folder of the unpacked jar file > b) you should find-in-files (using grep should work) the terms 'Firefox' > and 'Mozilla' in the other files and folders and replace them with 'GNU > IceCat' and 'GNUzilla' (i think you should not modify theese terms when > used in credits or license files or copyright information) > > hope it will help > bye > > PS: if you have a langpack for IceCat not listed here: > http://wiki.gnewsense.org/Documentation/IceCat > please contact the manteinet of this page and send him the link (or, > only if the link is not available, the langpack file). thanks. > > alexus > -- > ======================================================================== > Sono membro di FSFE. Aiutaci a supportare il software libero! > I'm an FSFE member. Help us support free software! > <http://www.fsfeurope.org/contribute/contribute.it.html> > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > bug-gnuzilla mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnuzilla > > > End of bug-gnuzilla Digest, Vol 30, Issue 7 > ******************************************* > -- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org
