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  • R
    Rainishe
    last edited by 16 Jul 2019, 11:53

    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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      Luc01
      last edited by 30 Jul 2019, 03:13

      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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        mitu Global Moderator @Luc01
        last edited by mitu 30 Jul 2019, 03:19

        @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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          Luc01
          last edited by 30 Jul 2019, 03:27

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

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          • L
            Luc01
            last edited by 31 Jul 2019, 04:37

            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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              Luc01
              last edited by 31 Jul 2019, 04:51

              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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                mitu Global Moderator @Luc01
                last edited by 31 Jul 2019, 04:56

                @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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                  Luc01
                  last edited by 31 Jul 2019, 05:18

                  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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                    Luc01
                    last edited by 1 Aug 2019, 20:49

                    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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                      Luc01
                      last edited by Luc01 8 May 2019, 21:01 1 Aug 2019, 22:53

                      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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                        Rainishe
                        last edited by 15 Sept 2019, 23:59

                        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 22 Nov 2019, 15:46

                          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 23 Nov 2019, 11:08

                            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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                              mitu Global Moderator @Clyde
                              last edited by 23 Nov 2019, 12:46

                              @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 23 Nov 2019, 17:38

                                @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 24 Nov 2019, 19:35

                                  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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                                    brigada
                                    last edited by 3 Dec 2019, 17:56

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

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                                    • heloisaH
                                      heloisa @brigada
                                      last edited by 3 Dec 2019, 18:29

                                      @brigada Hello. Try this https://linuxmint-installation-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/locales.html

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                                        brigada @heloisa
                                        last edited by 3 Dec 2019, 21:57

                                        @heloisa I'm sorry, maybe I was wrong, I meant to change the emulation station language on the linux mint system.

                                        heloisaH ClydeC 2 Replies Last reply 3 Dec 2019, 22:07 Reply Quote 0
                                        • heloisaH
                                          heloisa @brigada
                                          last edited by 3 Dec 2019, 22:07

                                          @brigada Sorry. I don't know.

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