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    • darkniorD
      darknior @Flyinghead
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      @flyinghead said in EmulationStation localization (translation):

      I used boost::locale for this implementation, although it seems the current trend is to get rid of it.

      Really thanks a lot for it :)
      But like you write you use BOOST and they try to remove it from ES source code :(
      Can you found an other solution to be sure your work will be add to the official ES ?
      Thanks

      Life is game, just play it !

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        Doriann
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        @darknior how to compile your emulationstation in retropie? Please help me, I do not have great knowledge.

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        • darkniorD
          darknior @Doriann
          last edited by

          @doriann I can't explain all to you, you must know a little linux, git, and ssh.

          You must connect your PI with SSH.
          Use PI user, go to /home/pi create a /src/ directory
          And :

          git clone --recursive https://github.com/flyinghead/EmulationStation.git
          cd EmulationStation
          mkdir src
          cd src
          cmake . .
          make
          cd ..

          Launch it with LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 ./emulationstation
          Or replace the real one in /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation
          And don't forgot the locale directory.

          Life is game, just play it !

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            Doriann @darknior
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            @darknior thanks for reply. I'll try to change the language and tell you if I can. Who knows later you do not create a step-by-step tutorial. Thank you very much

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              nofxman
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              Hi everybody,

              Thanks for the tutorial.
              I launch the translation with LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 ./emulationstation
              But if I close Putty, ES returns to English.
              I did not understand the last step for ES to stay in French.
              Can you explain how to fix it?

              thank you in advance

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              • thelostsoulT
                thelostsoul @A12C4
                last edited by

                @a12c4 I am personally not really interested, but I think this is a really good idea and would be good for many players.

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                • darkniorD
                  darknior @nofxman
                  last edited by

                  @nofxman You only have to replace the original ES file by the new you have compiled.
                  And add this directory with french files : /tree/master/locale/lang/fr/LC_MESSAGES

                  Thanks @Flyinghead to update your fork yesterday ;)

                  Life is game, just play it !

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                  • NeoskyriperN
                    Neoskyriper
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                    it would be nice to choose the language that you want in emulationstation configurations would be huge

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                      djuanes
                      last edited by

                      hi

                      Yes, I'm interested and I'm willing to help with Catalan translation.

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                      • NeoskyriperN
                        Neoskyriper @djuanes
                        last edited by Neoskyriper

                        nice

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                        • A12C4A
                          A12C4 @Neoskyriper
                          last edited by

                          @neoskyriper He is just answering to my original message, which asked if people were interested if I add official localization support to ES.

                          Before you ask anything related, I have nothing to do with the unofficial localization support which were posted some messages ago. Ask the author directly if you want some kind of support.

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                          • FlyingheadF
                            Flyinghead @A12C4
                            last edited by

                            @a12c4 Needless to say, I'm interested in having official localization support in ES, and I'm willing to help.

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                              HarioH @darknior
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                              @darknior said in EmulationStation localization (translation):

                              You only have to replace the original ES file by the new you have compiled.
                              And add this directory with french files : /tree/master/locale/lang/fr/LC_MESSAGES

                              @darknior Hi, i'm stuck as @nofxman , working fine when i manually launch ES with LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 ./emulationstation
                              but when i replace emulationstation by my freshly compiled one, i got an error and it won't launch :-(

                              The error :
                              lvl0: Error - File type unknown! emulationstation: /src/EmulationStation/es-core/src/resources/Font.cpp:17: Font::FontFace::FontFace(ResourceData&&, int): Assertion `!err' failed. Aborted

                              Any idea ?
                              Can't i just script launch "LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 ./emulationstation" ?

                              And a big thank for your job @Flyinghead , i love it ;-)

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                                mitu Global Moderator @HarioH
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                                @harioh said in EmulationStation localization (translation):

                                Can't i just script launch "LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 ./emulationstation" ?

                                You can modify the autostart.sh script and replace the default emulationstation program execution with the line above.

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                                • FlyingheadF
                                  Flyinghead @HarioH
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                                  @harioh You also need to copy the entire "resources" directory to /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation

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                                    HarioH
                                    last edited by

                                    @mitu @Flyinghead Perfect, combining you're tips, i got it working ^^

                                    An other question, what if i want to change some word on the translation table ? do i need to re-compile again ?

                                    I tryied to manually change the .po files with no luck

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                                    • FlyingheadF
                                      Flyinghead @HarioH
                                      last edited by Flyinghead

                                      @harioh Excellent! If you want to change some translation, you need to recompile. The .po is compiled into a .mo that's used by the app at runtime.

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                                        HarioH @Flyinghead
                                        last edited by HarioH

                                        @flyinghead I'll give it a try tomorrow so ! thanks

                                        Edit : Recompiled the new .po file, copy/paste, working perfect ^^ GG

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                                        • heloisaH
                                          heloisa
                                          last edited by heloisa

                                          @Flyinghead @darknior Hi. I translated emulationstation2.po to Portuguese Brazil, but I didn't understand how to apply translation. Help me. Tks

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                                          • darkniorD
                                            darknior @heloisa
                                            last edited by

                                            @heloisa Woaw cool :)
                                            So bad we can't pull request it or open an issue on the @Flyinghead GIT.
                                            Watch on the git where is the french file and make same for your file. Think your system must be in Portugese too, because this ES use it to choose the language.

                                            Life is game, just play it !

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