By altering the DTD file, you change the text displayed within the application.
= How to begin a localization =The following steps should give you an idea of how to localize Firefox, Thunderbird etc.<p class="note">if you want to contribute your localizations back to the MLP, head over to the [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/l10n/registration.html registration page]. From there, you You can check whether anyone is already producing localizations for your intended language, and either join them or register yourself for one of the projects.</p> *Download a release of the product you want to localize.**[http://www.mozilla.org/releases/ Application Suite]**[http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/ Firefox browser]**[http://www.mozilla.org/projects/camino/ Camino Mac browser]**[http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/ Thunderbird mail client]**[http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/ Sunbird & Calendar]*Extract the files, using the appropriate extraction tool:**<tt>tar -xzvf</tt> for Linux packages**[http://moztw.org/tools/ mozip] for the Application Suite and Sunbird**[http://www.7-zip.org/ 7z] for Firefox and Thunderbird**??? for Camino**any ZIP archiver for Calendar*Alternatively (for Firefox, and soon, Thunderbird) you can [[L10n:Localizing_Using_CVS|use CVS to download the localizable parts]], for either a branch or the current trunk. =Localize the files=To do this, you can use all-in-one tools or your favourite UTF-8–aware text-editor. See [[L10n:Tools|Tools]] for find more information. Ensure you translate the directory structure (from <tt>../en-US/..</tt> on how to <tt>../ab-CD/..</tt>) as well.==Package your localization==This step applies to all localisations that aren't held in CVS. See [http[mdc://www.mozilla.org/projects/l10n/mlp_packaging.html Packaging your WorkCreate_a_new_localization] – however, note that when ZIPping your files, you should use '''no compression at all''':<pre class="code">zip -r0 ''<file.jar> <dir>''</pre> (Note, however, the directory structure used as an example in this document is obsolete.) ==Re-package the new installer==This step applies to all localisations that aren't held in CVS. The basic plan of action is to take the original (en-US) installer and replace its en-US parts with your newly-localised ab-CD parts. However, you must '''also''' tell the installer to use these ab-CD parts, not the en-US ones. Additionally, you should localise the installer itself. <p>All the installers use <tt>config.ini</tt> and <tt>install.ini</tt>. [http://www.tyndall.org.uk/create-installer.html Building a Mozilla Suite Localised Installer] gives an account of the process involved in updating these two files when creating a new installer. It is based on using <tt>mozip</tt>, but is applicable to all installers that use <tt>config.ini/install.ini</tt>.</p> <p class="note"> when testing a 7z-based installer, use a faster compression ratio rather than one geared for smaller installer files. Only when you have checked that the installer works correctly should you recompress for minimum size.</p> For the smallest possible installerMDC, ensure that none of the archive files within the installer (eg XPI files) are compressed; then use the following command:<pre class="code">7z a -t7z stage\app.7z *.* -mx -m0=BCJ2 -m1=LZMA:d24 -m2=LZMA:d19 -m3=LZMA:d19 -mb0:1 -mb0s1:2 -mb0s2:3</pre>This assumes that you are in the directory along with all the necessary files, and the archive will be put in a sub-directory called <tt>stage/</tt>. ...(tbc) = Links =* [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/l10n/ Localization Project home]* [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/l10n/mlp_docs.html Localization docs]* [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/l10n/mlp_packaging.html Packaging your Work]* [httpmdc://www.tyndall.org.uk/create-installer.html Building a Mozilla Suite Localised Installer]* [[L10nCategory:Home_Page|Wiki Localization Home Page]]* [[L10n:Localizing_Using_CVS|Using CVS to download the localizable parts]] * [news://news.mozilla.org/netscape.public.mozilla.l10n Newsgroup discussionother documentation]* [mailto:mozilla-l10n-request@mozilla.org?subject=subscribe Mailing list]* [mailto:mlp-staff@mozilla.org Mozilla Localization Project Staff]
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