Added a note about how to initiate internationalization support to the README.i18n file; the Makefile generated by the 'newplugin' script now has the 'i18n' target automatically create an initial 'po/pluginname.pot' file

CONTRIBUTORS

@@ -2199,3 +2199,7 @@ Timo Eskola <timo@tolleri.net>
 
 Elias Luttinen <el@iki.fi>
  for improving the description of where logging goes in the INSTALL file
+
+Torsten Kunkel <vdrml@tkunkel.de>
+ for pointing out that it was not obvious how to initiate internationalization
+ support for a plugin

HISTORY

@@ -5417,7 +5417,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Fixed checking for ttDolbyLast in cDevice::SetCurrentAudioTrack() (thanks
   to Marco Schlüßler).
 
-2007-10-13: Version 1.5.10
+2007-10-14: Version 1.5.10
 
 - Implemented handling DVB subtitles (thanks to Marco Schlüßler, and also to
   Pekka Virtanen for writing the subtitle plugin, which helped in implementing
@@ -5471,3 +5471,10 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   example ~cMyReceiver() in PLUGINS.html (thanks to Marco Schlüßler).
 - Improved the description of where logging goes in the INSTALL file (thanks to
   Elias Luttinen).
+- Added a note about how to initiate internationalization support to the
+  README.i18n file. The Makefile generated by the 'newplugin' script now has the
+  'i18n' target automatically create an initial 'po/pluginname.pot' file.
+  Plugin authors may want to add the '$(I18Npot)' dependency to the 'i18n'
+  target in their Makefiles, as in
+  i18n: $(I18Npot) $(I18Nmo)
+  (based on a suggestion by Torsten Kunkel).

PLUGINS/src/hello/Makefile

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Makefile for a Video Disk Recorder plugin
 #
-# $Id: Makefile 1.19 2007/10/13 09:28:10 kls Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile 1.20 2007/10/14 09:23:04 kls Exp $
 
 # The official name of this plugin.
 # This name will be used in the '-P...' option of VDR to load the plugin.
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ $(I18Npot): $(wildcard *.c)
 $(I18Npo): $(I18Npot)
 	msgmerge -U --no-wrap --no-location --backup=none -q $@ $<
 
-i18n: $(I18Nmo)
+i18n: $(I18Npot) $(I18Nmo)
 	@mkdir -p $(LOCALEDIR)
 	for i in $(I18Ndirs); do\
 	    mkdir -p $(LOCALEDIR)/$$i/LC_MESSAGES;\

PLUGINS/src/skincurses/Makefile

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Makefile for a Video Disk Recorder plugin
 #
-# $Id: Makefile 1.12 2007/10/13 09:28:28 kls Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile 1.13 2007/10/14 09:23:25 kls Exp $
 
 # The official name of this plugin.
 # This name will be used in the '-P...' option of VDR to load the plugin.
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ $(I18Npot): $(wildcard *.c)
 $(I18Npo): $(I18Npot)
 	msgmerge -U --no-wrap --no-location --backup=none -q $@ $<
 
-i18n: $(I18Nmo)
+i18n: $(I18Npot) $(I18Nmo)
 	@mkdir -p $(LOCALEDIR)
 	for i in $(I18Ndirs); do\
 	    mkdir -p $(LOCALEDIR)/$$i/LC_MESSAGES;\

README.i18n

@@ -7,6 +7,19 @@ these texts. The instructions apply equally to VDR itself or any
 plugin.
 
 
+How to initiate internationalization support
+--------------------------------------------
+
+Not every plugin necessarily has texts that are visible to the
+user, therefore there is by default no 'po' directory.
+If your plugin source contains texts marked for translation
+with tr(), you need to
+
+- Change into the source directory.
+- Enter the command 'mkdir po'.
+
+After that, continue with "How to translate to a new language".
+
 How to translate to a new language
 ----------------------------------
 
@@ -18,15 +31,16 @@ How to translate to a new language
   will create a new *.po file for your language.
 - Edit the new *.po file and translate the texts.
   You can do this either with your favorite text editor, or
-  with a specialited tool like POEdit, GTranslator, KBabel
+  with a specialized tool like POEdit, GTranslator, KBabel
   or whatever you have.
 
 How to maintain an existing language file
 -----------------------------------------
 
+- Change into the source directory.
 - Do a 'make i18n' to have the *.po files brought up-to-date
   with the texts in the source code.
-- Edit the new *.po file and translate the texts.
+- Edit the modified *.po file(s) and translate the texts.
   If you are using a plain text editor, you should search for
   empty strings ("") to find new, untranslated texts. Also,
   look for the "fuzzy" keyword to find translations that have

i18n-to-gettext.pl

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
 # how to reach the author.
 #
-# $Id: i18n-to-gettext.pl 1.4 2007/08/24 13:19:34 kls Exp $
+# $Id: i18n-to-gettext.pl 1.5 2007/10/14 09:29:59 kls Exp $
 
 # How to convert an actual plugin:
 #
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ $(I18Npot): $(wildcard *.c)
 $(I18Npo): $(I18Npot)
 	msgmerge -U --no-wrap -F --backup=none -q $@ $<
 
-i18n: $(I18Nmo)
+i18n: $(I18Npot) $(I18Nmo)
 	@mkdir -p $(LOCALEDIR)
 	for i in $(I18Ndirs); do\
 	    mkdir -p $(LOCALEDIR)/$$i/LC_MESSAGES;\

newplugin

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
 # how to reach the author.
 #
-# $Id: newplugin 1.37 2007/10/13 09:28:55 kls Exp $
+# $Id: newplugin 1.38 2007/10/14 09:13:17 kls Exp $
 
 $PLUGIN_NAME = $ARGV[0] || die "Usage: newplugin <name>\n";
 
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ I18Npot   = \$(PODIR)/\$(PLUGIN).pot
 \$(I18Npo): \$(I18Npot)
 	msgmerge -U --no-wrap --no-location --backup=none -q \$\@ \$<
 
-i18n: \$(I18Nmo)
+i18n: \$(I18Npot) \$(I18Nmo)
 	\@mkdir -p \$(LOCALEDIR)
 	for i in \$(I18Ndirs); do\\
 	    mkdir -p \$(LOCALEDIR)/\$\$i/LC_MESSAGES;\\