1DEBCONF-GETLANG(1)                  Debconf                 DEBCONF-GETLANG(1)
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NAME

6       debconf-getlang - extract a language from a templates file
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SYNOPSIS

9        debconf-getlang lang master [translation]
10        debconf-getlang --stats master translation [...]
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DESCRIPTION

13       Note: This utility is deprecated; you should switch to using the po-
14       debconf package.
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16       This program helps make and manage translations of debconf templates.
17       There are basically three situations in which this program might be
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20       A translation is just being started.
21           You want to provide the translator with a file they can work on
22           that has the English fields from your templates file, plus blank
23           Field-ll fields for the target language that they can fill in.
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25           To do this, run the program with first parameter being the code for
26           the language that is being translated to, and the second parameter
27           being the filename of the English templates file.
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29       A translation is well under way.
30           You have changed some English text, or added more items to your
31           templates file, and you want to send the translators a file with
32           the English text plus their current translations (or you are the
33           translator, and you want to generate such a file for your own use).
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35           To accomplish this, run the program with the first parameter being
36           the the code for the language that is being translated to, the
37           second parameter being the filename of the master English templates
38           file, and the third parameter being the filename of the current
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41           When run this way, the program is smart enough to notice fuzzy
42           translations. For example a fuzzy Description will be output as
43           Description-<lang>-fuzzy, and a new, blank Description-<lang> will
44           be added.  Translators should remove the -fuzzy fields as they
45           correct the fuzzy translations.
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47       Checking the status of a translation
48           To check the status of a translation, use the --status flag, and
49           pass the english template file as the first parameter, and all the
50           other translated templates after that. It will output statistics
51           for each of them. For example:
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53             debconf-getlang --stats debian/templates debian/templates.*
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NOTE

56       Note that the text in the generated templates may be word-wrapped by
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SEE ALSO

60       debconf-mergetemplate(1)
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AUTHOR

63       Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
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67                                  2023-07-19                DEBCONF-GETLANG(1)