- The help files are in the help directory

  `cd help`

- There is a directory per YOUR-LANG. Create your own directory

  `mkdir YOUR-LANG`

- Edit Makefile.am and add YOUR-LANG to DOC_LINGUAS

  `vi Makefile.am`

- Go to YOUR-LANG directory

  `cd YOUR-LANG`

- Generate po files. For more information on xml2po, check the output of xml2po --help and man xml2po

  `xml2po -e -o YOUR-LANG.po ../C/*xml`

- Edit the file manually (emacs, vi, gedit) or with one of the available programs for this (gtranslator, poedit, emacs po mode...), creating the translation:

  `vi YOUR-LANG.po`

- You can add your localized screenshots. They go into the YOUR-LANG/figures directory. Once you have added them, copy the script ../C/figures/index_all_pngs.py to YOUR-LANG/figures and run it. You will need to have the GIMP installed for this to work.
- When a new version of the help file is available, it's easy to update the po file:

  `xml2po -e -u YOUR-LANG.po ../C/*xml`

- You can test your new help file first of all by using xmllint:

  `xmllint xiphos.xml`

  You can view the manual in gnome-help with this command:

  `yelp `pwd`/xiphos.xml`

Don't forget to send YOUR-LANG.po files to gnomesword-developers@lists.sourceforge.net.

"..and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth." -- Acts 1:8

&xiphos;