A translation system for Discord bots.
This is only supported on Linux/MacOS systems.
You must import the i18n.py file everywhere you need access to _(), even
if you dont use the i18n.py file.
You must import the i18n.py file at least once in order to let the
translation system work.
To generate a translation, run ./generate_po <language_name>.
This will create a new folder for your translations, and search through
all of your files for translation markers (default: _()).
Once you fill in the translations, run ./generate_mo, and the script will
compile all of the .PO files. You must run this in order to get translations
working.
This means the script failed to find any translation markers. Remember to wrap
any string you want to translate with _(). E.g. translated = _("Hello, world!").
msgcat: error while opening "./locale/LANGUAGE/LC_MESSAGES/bot.po.bak" for reading: No such file or directory
This isn't a real error, this just means that there was no backup file.
msgcat will attempt to merge all translations if possible. If this error appears,
it's like either your backup got deleted, or this is your first time running the script.
FileExistsError: [WinError 183] Cannot create a file when that file already exists: './locale/LANGUAGE/LC_MESSAGES/bot.po.cat' -> './locale/LANGUAGE/LC_MESSAGES/bot.po'
Again, this is not supported on windows.
The i18n.py file originated from Emote Collector, and I have been granted permission to use this file
for this repository.