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Re: How to create new locale properties files and config files for locale ga_ES like locale es.

From: richard ratta <Richard.Ratta_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:50:35 -0400

This document should describe how localization works.

http://webdev2.sun.com/woodstock-theme-doc/index.html#toc

alvartaco wrote:

>Hello.
>
>I am using de sources and compiling them to create new localization files.
>I have copied, I think, all *es.properties and saved them as
>*ga_ES.properties.
>I also modified de build script because failed at update verification step.
>
>I am thinking that there are more files to modify but I do not know them.
>
>The result is almost ok, localization for component table works ok, but not
>for accordion, where the icons legends appears in english.
>
>
Are you talking the text that is set on the "title" html attribute ?

These should be defined in the "messages.properties" file.
The values of the "alt" html property for images may be defined in
"images.properties" but
most (if not all) localizable text should be defined in
"messages.properties".

-rick

>Is there any instuctions about this process.
>
>Does any body knows how to do this task.
>
>I would appreciate any help.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Alvar
>
>