2. Using Gtranslator

Gtranslator is a full featureed graphical environment that makes it possible to translate po files painlessly. This section describes basic usage of Gtranslator.

2.1. Basic usage

Starting Gtranslator opens the Main window, shown in . -->

Figure 1. Gtranslator Main Window

The Main window is divided into three main area:

2.1.1. Configuring at startup

Gtranslator's settings can be reached by clicking on the Settings->Preferences+ + + + + + + + menuitem.

2.1.2. Loading a po file

To load a po file, use the + + + + ->File+ + + + + + ->Open...+ + + + menuitem. Clicking on Open... will bring up the gtranslator -- open po file dialog box. Browse through your computer's filesystem, choose the po file you whish to open and click OK.

Gtranslator offers you the possibility to open po files using the Gnome-VFS subsystem. This means that you may use URIs to access files on a remote system. Currently supported URIs are:

  • the file:// URI, as in

    file://localhost/path_to_file

  • the http:// URI as in

    http://www.gtranslator.org/gtranslator/gtranslator.pot

  • the ftp:// URI as in

    ftp://ftp.somewhere.org/pub/tr.po

TipOpening comressed po files
 

Gtranslator can open compressed po files. Click on the Open icon. This brings up the Open po file dialog box. Choose a compressed po file (can be identified by its .gz extension). Click on OK. If bzip2 is installed on your system, you may open bzip2 compressed files.

2.1.3. Editing a po file

Basics on panes, where to click, message status, basic navigation

Tip on on using the tree view.

2.1.4. Saving a po file

How to save, save as comressed?

Tip on turning fuzzy warnings on/off

2.2. Advanced features

Here come the advanced features, autotranslate, regexp search, upadte...

2.2.1. Autotranslate

Autotranslate is a nice feature.

2.2.2. Update

Update from source with xml-i18n-tool

2.2.3. Regexp search

Not implemented yet

2.3. Toolbar

The toolbar (shown in ) provides access to several commonly used routines.

Figure 2. Gtranslator Toolbar

2.3.1. File management toolbar

The file management toolbar lets you access often used file management funcions quickly.

Open

Brings up the Open file dialog dialog.

Save

Saves the po file.

Save as

Saves the po file under a different name.

Compile

Compiles the po file using msgfmt.

Update

Updates the po file from the sources using the xml-i18n-update from the xml-i18n-tools package.

Header

Brings up the Header dialog box with a form that lets you fill in the fields of the po files header.

Undo

Undoes your last action.

Options

Opens the Preferences window.

Exit

Exits the application.