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    • C
      CritKid
      last edited by CritKid

      is it possible to display german letters like ä ö ü ?

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      • hiulitH
        hiulit @CritKid
        last edited by

        @CritKid Yes, it already does https://github.com/flyinghead/EmulationStation/blob/9869db9237d3b3abf7b4cd56f1192aba5ce600e4/locale/lang/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/emulationstation2.po#L338

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          CritKid @hiulit
          last edited by

          @hiulit fixed it :) thx

          another question, how is it possible to boot into "translated ES", instead of the original one ?
          i tried to edit Autostart.sh but it lost all Shutdwn/Reboot features..
          would be nice if there's a solution.

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          • RainisheR
            Rainishe
            last edited by

            retropie-4.5, the version of EmulationStation V2.8.4RP is released.
            Whether your EmulationStation will be updated? You have V2.8.0-DEV.

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            • Luc01L
              Luc01
              last edited by

              J'ai tout relu le fil de cette discussion au moins 4 fois, mais j'ai toujours le même problème.

              Je réussis à le mettre en français quand je teste avec LANG=fr.UTF8 ./emulationstation

              Mais aussitôt que je quitte Putty ou que je lance un jeu, tout redevient en anglais.

              La façon permanente pour le mettre en français semble décrite, mais pas assez détaillée pour un novice comme moi...

              Quelqu'un peut m'aider ?

              I have read the thread of this discussion at least 4 times, but I still have the same problem.

              I manage to put it in French when I test with LANG = fr.UTF8 ./emulationstation

              But as soon as I leave Putty or start a game, everything becomes English again.

              The permanent way to put it in French seems described, but not detailed enough for a novice like me ...

              Someone can help me ?

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              • mituM
                mitu Global Moderator @Luc01
                last edited by mitu

                @Luc01 You can use 2 approaches

                1. Modify your whole system to use FR_fr localization, through raspi-config - https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/raspi-config.md#change-locale.
                2. Modify the start-up script to include the Locale settings - open /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh and add LANG=fr_FR.UTF8 before the emulationstation command:
                LANG=fr_FR.UTF8 emulationstation #auto
                

                You can use the nano editor to modify the file from a Putty session.

                nano /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh
                
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                • Luc01L
                  Luc01
                  last edited by

                  Thank you for your quick answer, I test this and I give you new ones
                  Thank you again.

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                  • Luc01L
                    Luc01
                    last edited by

                    I added this line and restarted but it does not work.
                    When I test with LANG = fr_FR.UTF8 ./emulationstation, it works well.

                    Image1.jpg

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                    • Luc01L
                      Luc01
                      last edited by

                      Here is what I did :

                      1- sudo apt-get install -y libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-date-time-dev libboost-locale-dev libfreeimage-dev libfreetype6-dev libeigen3-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libasound2-dev cmake libsdl2-dev (Ok)

                      2- cd /home/pi/ (Ok)

                      3- git clone --recursive https://github.com/flyinghead/EmulationStation.git (Ok)

                      4- cd /home/pi/EmulationStation (Ok)

                      5- mkdir build (Ok)

                      6- cd build (Ok)

                      7- cmake .. (Ok)

                      8- make (Ok)

                      Testing

                      cd /home/pi/EmulationStation (Ok)

                      LANG=fr_FR.UTF8 ./emulationstation (Working)

                      Modify

                      Edit /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh
                      Modify
                      emulationstation #auto to LANG=fr_FR.UTF8 emulationstation #auto

                      Restart many time but dont work !!!

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                      • mituM
                        mitu Global Moderator @Luc01
                        last edited by

                        @Luc01 said in EmulationStation localization (translation):

                        emulationstation #auto to LANG=fr_FR.UTF8 emulationstation #auto
                        Restart many time but dont work !!!

                        The autostart will run the default emulationstation package, which has no Localization options. If you didn't overwrite the default Emulationstation in RetroPie, then the autostart.sh must have the correct path to your compiled Emulationstation version:

                        LANG=fr_FR.UTF8 /home/pi/Emulationstation/emulationstation
                        
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                        • Luc01L
                          Luc01
                          last edited by

                          Thank you, it works now but I had to change Emulationstation for EmulationStation otherwise it would not start.
                          Thank you very much, now it's very clear.

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                          • Luc01L
                            Luc01
                            last edited by

                            Another question...
                            I started all over again because with the second approach, in the menu exit retropie, the commands did not work.

                            I follow all the steps, but at the installation (sudo cp ./emulationstation /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/) I always get the message "cp: can not create regular file"/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/emulationstation: Text file busy "

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                            • Luc01L
                              Luc01
                              last edited by Luc01

                              I put LANG=fr_FR.UTF8 emulationstation #auto in autostart.sh and now it works. and no more problem with the exit menu

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                              • RainisheR
                                Rainishe
                                last edited by

                                cделал русский перевод. перевод полный но в нем кое что надо будет поправить в будущем.
                                ru_RU

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                                  mvmiranda
                                  last edited by

                                  First of all, thank you all for this!
                                  This is awesome as my kids and friends, who don't speak English, can fully enjoy my Retropie setup now!

                                  I'm running the latest Retropie 4.5.2 with underlying OS and every core updated along with the Comic Book theme and I'm experiencing something I'd call a hickup, not an issue or error.
                                  Whenever I load a game and quit it using START+SELECT the screen becomes black ad it takes almost 15 seconds to the theme come back with my games list.
                                  It started immediately after I compiled the emulationstation with localization and copied it over the original one.
                                  Does anyone have any clue of what might be happening?
                                  Thanks!

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                                  • ClydeC
                                    Clyde
                                    last edited by

                                    Hi, I need a little help with GitHub. A while ago, I created a branch for the German translation: https://github.com/Taranchul/EmulationStation

                                    Now, I want to work a little more on the German translation, but my branch is "19 commits behind flyinghead:master", as Github tells me.

                                    How do I update my branch to the current state of @Flyinghead's master? I'm using Linux, so instructions for either the bash or the web interface of Github are welcome. Thanks!

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                                    • mituM
                                      mitu Global Moderator @Clyde
                                      last edited by

                                      @Clyde Assuming you have check out locally your Github repo, follow the instructions here to add @Flyinghead's repository as an upstream and sync it. Make your modifications locally, then push to your Github repo, so you'll be able to create a new PR to the upstream project.

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                                      • ClydeC
                                        Clyde @mitu
                                        last edited by Clyde

                                        @mitu Thank you for pointing me in the right direction. For anyone who is puzzled about this, too, these commands did the job. Anything behind # in a line is just a comment.

                                        git clone https://github.com/Taranchul/EmulationStation # Use the url of your own branch.
                                        cd EmulationStation # Use the directory the former command downloaded to.
                                        git remote -v       # This should only show your own url as "origin".
                                        git remote add upstream https://github.com/flyinghead/EmulationStation # Don't change this url!
                                        git remote -v       # Just for checking, it should list flyinghead's repo as "upstream".
                                        git fetch upstream
                                        git checkout master
                                        git merge upstream/master               # Now, your LOCAL copy should match flyinghead's repo.
                                        git submodule update --init --recursive # Also clone the submodule in external/pugixml`.
                                        git push origin master                  # Upload your local copy to your GitHub repository.
                                        

                                        Guides used:

                                        • https://help.github.com/en/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/configuring-a-remote-for-a-fork
                                        • https://help.github.com/en/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/syncing-a-fork
                                        • https://help.github.com/en/github/using-git/pushing-commits-to-a-remote-repository
                                        • http://openmetric.org/til/programming/git-pull-with-submodule/

                                        More experienced users may correct anything that's wrong or unnecessary. :)

                                        One more question: After editing a file and pushing it into my repo, how do I make a pull request from the command line?

                                        Update: Added git submodule update --init --recursive and the resp. guide.

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                                        • ClydeC
                                          Clyde
                                          last edited by Clyde

                                          I have a problem running the compiled ES fork with the German locale:

                                          $ LANG=de_DE.UTF8 ./emulationstation
                                          terminate called after throwing an instance of 'boost::locale::conv::invalid_charset_error'
                                            what():  Invalid or unsupported charset:UTF-8 or CHARSET
                                          Aborted
                                          

                                          With en_US.UTF8, the program runs fine (albeit with an extremely long time of the "Loading ..." screen). edit: fr_FR.UTF-8 also works fine.

                                          My locales seem to be okay:

                                          $ locale -a
                                          C
                                          C.UTF-8
                                          de_DE.utf8
                                          en_GB.utf8
                                          en_US.utf8
                                          POSIX
                                          

                                          I also re-generated the German locale with sudo locale-gen de_DE and sudo locale-gen de_DE.UTF8.

                                          Any ideas?

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                                          • B
                                            brigada
                                            last edited by

                                            Hello,
                                            how do I install the translation on a linux mint 19.2 system?

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