1 This file documents the necessary procedure for adding a new language
2 to the list of languages that Wine can display system menus and forms
5 To add a new language you need to be able to translate the relatively
6 few texts, of course. You will need very little knowledge of
7 programming, so you have almost no excuses for not adding your language,
8 right? We should easily be able to support 20 languages within a few
9 months, get going! Apart from re-compilation it'll take you about an
12 To add a new language to the list of languages that Wine can handle
15 1. Edit ./wine.man (search for -language) to show the new language
18 2. Edit misc/main.c variable "Languages" to contain the new language
19 abbreviation and language ID. Also edit macro "USAGE" to show the
22 3. Edit include/options.h enum "WINE_LANGUAGE" to have a member called
23 LANG_XX where XX is the new abbreviation.
25 4. Edit misc/ole2nls.c function "GetUserDefaultLCID" to contain an
26 extra case for your language. The correct return values seem to
27 be a mystery, but don't worry.
29 5. Edit resources/sysrec.c to include "sysres_XX.h" where XX is the
30 abbreviation for your language. (That file will be produced auto-
31 matically.) Edit variable "SYSRES_Resources" to contain an entry
34 6. Create a new file, resources/sysres_XX.rc, where XX is the
35 abbreviation that you chose. Your best bet is to copy one of the
36 other *.rc files and start translating. [Warning: the author of
37 this file does not know the details of the structure of these
38 files. There seems to be no need to, however.]
40 In menus, the character "&" means that the next character will
41 be highlighted and that pressing that letter will select the item.
42 You should place these "&"s suitably for your language, not just
43 copy the positions from (say) English. In particular, items within
44 one menu should have different highlighted letters.
46 7. Edit resources/Makefile.in to add the name of the new file to the
49 8. Edit misc/ole2nls.c function "GetLocaleInfoA" to contain a case for
52 9. Re-configure, re-make dependencies, and re-make Wine.
54 10. Check your new menus and forms; when they're ok, submit patches
55 for inclusion in the next Wine release, see file ./ANNOUNCE for
56 details about where to submit.
62 [I hope I got all the places where changes are needed. If you see any
63 place missing from the above list, submit a patch to this file please.
64 Also note that re-organization of the source code might change the list