Translation: Step 2 - Install Messages Editor

The messages editor provides several features which makes the translation of the text files much easier than using the built-in editor.

A custom version of the original babel resource editor will be installed which has these modifications:

• Bugfix for a NPE because it was always thrown
• Much better performance for larger files (it can take 10s of seconds in the original verison to modify one text string)
• Wided the width of the editor splitter to make the keys more visible

Installation

• Open install dialog from the menu with Help/Install New Software...

• Press Add... button

Create Update Site

• Set Name to Babel Resource Editor
• Set Location to https://mytourbook.sourceforge.io/update-site-babel-editor

• Press OK button
  

• Uncheck Contact all update sites during install to find required software because this can be very slow
• Uncheck Group items by category to see the babel plugin

• Check org.eclipse.babel plugins

• Press Next button

• Press Next button

• Accecpt license agreements

• Press Finish button

• Wait until the plugin is downloaded

• Check Authority and press Trust Selected to continue the installation

• Check Unsigned and press Trust Selected to continue the installation

• Press Restart Now button to restart Eclipse

Configuration

After restarting Eclipse, the Messages Editor should be available in the preference dialog.

There are a few settings which needs to be adjusted:

• Open preference dialog from the menu with Window/Preferences
• Select Messages Editor
• Set Key group separator to _ (underscore)
• Set Displayed locales see below

• Set other fields which are marked with a red box

Displayed Locales

The locales define which languages are displayed in the Messages Editor.

Available locales which MyTourbook currently supports:

• cs - Czech
• de - German
• en - English
• es - Spanish
• fr - French
• it - Italian
• nl - Dutch

The english locale contains all available text and should be set into this field. The language which should be translated should be added as second locale,
e.g.: en, de   or  en, fr  or  en, nl

Formatting

• Select Formatting

• Set all fields which are marked with a red box

• Reports do not have any modifications but you can define which errors or warnings should be displayed for missing or duplicated text

• Press OK

Next Step 3

This page is updated for version 23.8