[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 38819] New: [EasyHack] Make localisation stand-alone

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38819

           Summary: [EasyHack] Make localisation stand-alone
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Localisation
        AssignedTo: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: bjoern.michaelsen at canonical.com


Make localisation stand-alone

Background: Currently in order to create a translation of LibreOffice, it is
necessary to compile the code with that translation in-place. The compilation
process builds the strings directly into a number of binary (and XML) file
formats, which are scattered through the source tree. This means, it is
impossible to iteratively translate LibreOffice - quickly seeing, and verifying
the results of your work. It also makes the complete build slower, and looses a
prime opportunity for parallelisation: each language should be able to be built
on a separate machine for a separate package. Fixing this requires reading a
lot of makefile.mk code, and digging at the localisation tools in localise/ It
also requires some work in tools/source/rc/resmgr.cxx and its coupling to rsc/
- the resource compiler (that compiles .src files). We should separate
translations from dialog / resource files.

Skills: building, C++

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