autotools: update translation docs

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Cory Fields 2013-09-14 12:07:18 -04:00
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@ -32,14 +32,13 @@ This directory contains all translations. Filenames must adhere to this format:
`src/qt/locale/bitcoin_en.ts` is treated in a special way. It is used as the
source for all other translations. Whenever a string in the code is changed
this file must be updated to reflect those changes. This can be accomplished
by running `lupdate` (included in the Qt SDK). Also, a custom script is used
this file must be updated to reflect those changes. A custom script is used
to extract strings from the non-Qt parts. This script makes use of `gettext`,
so make sure that utility is installed (ie, `apt-get install gettext` on
Ubuntu/Debian):
python share/qt/extract_strings_qt.py
lupdate bitcoin-qt.pro -no-obsolete -locations relative -ts src/qt/locale/bitcoin_en.ts
Ubuntu/Debian). Once this has been updated, lupdate (included in the Qt SDK)
is used to update bitcoin_en.ts. This process has been automated, from src/qt,
simply run:
make translate
##### Handling of plurals in the source file