GUI translation

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It's very easy to translate the GUI using poEdit.

To install it in Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install poedit

To install it in Windows, download the installer and launch it.

To create a translation file, download gimx.pot.

Start poEdit, and click on "File > New Catalog from POT File...".

Select gimx.pot, fill the fields (don't edit the other tabs), validate, and save the .po file (name it <language_code>.po).

To see what your language code is, check this page.

Example for the French language: fr.po.

Translate the messages that are not translated, and save.

To test the translation in Linux, execute the following commands:

mkdir -p /usr/share/locale/<language_code>/LC_MESSAGES
msgfmt -o /usr/share/locale/<language_code>/LC_MESSAGES/gimx.mo <language_code>.po

To test the translation in Windows, generate gimx.mo with poEdit, and put it in the GIMX installation directory, in a share/locale/<language_code>/LC_MESSAGES directory.

Start gimx-serial, gimx-bluetooth, gimx-fpsconfig or gimx-config, the GUI should be translated.