README.md

Gerbv-2.10.0 for windows multilingual -- executable and build tool

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What is this

This is a build tool for Gerbv-2.10.0 executable on MS-Windows.
Also executable binaries are in Releases pages.

Supported features

These patches are applied.

• Support non-ASCII path and filename
• Support slotted hole (patch from sourceforge)

Build prerequisites

If you want to build gerbv yourself, the followings are required.

• MSYS2 + binutils + gcc (such as i686-8.1.0-release-win32-dwarf-rt_v6-rev0 / x86_64-8.1.0-release-win32-seh-rt_v6-rev0 ) + etc.
• gerbv-2.10.0.tar.gz source file
• dxflib-3.26.4-src.tar.gz source file
• gtk+-2.24.33 library

How to build Gerbv-2.10.0 for win multilingual

1. Extract or git clone this project into some directory.
2. Put gerbv-2.10.0.tar.gz and dxflib-3.26.4-src.tar.gz into the above directory.
3. Edit Makefile as you need.
4. Execute command make in the directory.

How to localize

1. Copy gerbv.pot to a file named <lang>.po, where <lang> is a Language Code.
2. Edit translations in <lang>.po and save it using UTF-8 encoding.
3. Execute msgfmt <lang>.po -o gerbv.mo in MSYS2.
4. Copy gerbv.mo into <gerb_folder>\share\locale\<lang>\LC_MESSAGES\.

I've never used but there's a tool called Poedit, which can handle .po files.