Re: Add a locale to Icecat

[Bruno Miguel]

Em 03-08-2008 14:32:46 Giuseppe Scrivano escreveu:
> Bruno Miguel wrote:
> > I've finally was able to build a xpi file, but I had to put the
> pt-PT 
> > locale folder outside IceCat's source, in a l10n folder. That and
> the 
> > creation of a few files related to the browser branding made it.
> > But shouldn't IceCat build with any locale from Firefox? If one 
> uses
> 
> > the xpi file from Mozilla, unless he or she edites the content of
> that 
> > file, one will end up with IceCat with Firefox name all over the
> place.
> 
> Yes, it shouldn't be done to avoid the name "Firefox" all around.  
> But
> 
> the problem is that we lack manpower to care about localizations too.
> I don't know how much of this work can be done automatically.  What
> did 
> you do to obtain the final .xpi?
> 
> Thanks,
> Giuseppe
> 

This kinda howto was made in gNewSense. So, in Debian and Ubuntu the 
procedure will probably similar, as in other GNU/Linux distributions.

I have all my source files in /usr/src, so this will be the "work 
root".

Open up a terminal, go to /usr/src and run the following commands:
sudo cvs -z3 -d:pserver:address@hidden:/cvsroot co 
mozilla/client.mk
sudo cvs -z3 -d:pserver:address@hidden:/cvsroot co 
mozilla/tools/l10n

After that you will have a mozilla folder. Open it (cd mozilla) and 
execute the following command to download the locales (don't forget to 
replate pt-PT with the locale you want):
sudo make -f client.mk l10n-checkout MOZ_CO_PROJECT=browser 
MOZ_CO_LOCALES=pt-PT

When the download is done (that also downloads the mozilla source, but 
that's how it's explained in http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/
Patching_a_Localization), a l10n directory will be created in /usr/src 
containing the locale you specified. So, go back to /usr/src and enter 
l10n/pt-PT (remember that pt-PT must be replaced by the locale you 
downloaded). Now, enter the browser folder in l10n/pt-PT and use the 
following command:
sudo mkdir -p branding/unofficial

Now, without leaving that folder, you will need to copy the brand.dtd 
and brand.properties files and edit them:
sudo cp ../../chrome/branding/brand.*

My brand.dtd and brand.properties files are like this:
<!ENTITY  brandShortName        "IceCat">
<!ENTITY  brandFullName         "GNUzilla IceCat">            
<!ENTITY  vendorShortName       "IceCat">

I also edit some other files, as you can see in the diff attached to 
this email.

After that, go to icecat's source in /usr/src and compile it with your 
locale:
sudo ./configure --enable-ui-locale=pt-PT; sudo make

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To create a xpi extension, just follow all the steps preceding the 
compilation of IceCat. Then, compile IceCat without the locale flag 
(just sudo ./configure; sudo make) and then go to browser/locales 
inside IceCat's source and execute this command (replacing pt-PT with 
your locale):
sudo make langpack-pt-PT

pt-PT.icecat.diff
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