Added support for the Dutch language.
diff --git a/documentation/languages b/documentation/languages
index 933b6cf..5e6534a 100644
--- a/documentation/languages
+++ b/documentation/languages
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+ADDING LANGUAGES TO WINE
+
This file documents the necessary procedure for adding a new language
to the list of languages that Wine can display system menus and forms
in. Currently at least the following languages are still missing:
-Bulgarian, Chinese, Greek, Icelandic, Japanese, Dutch, Romanian,
+Bulgarian, Chinese, Greek, Icelandic, Japanese, Romanian,
Russian, Croatian, Slovak, Turkish, and Slovanian.
To add a new language you need to be able to translate the relatively
@@ -9,34 +11,38 @@
programming, so you have almost no excuses for not adding your language,
right? We should easily be able to support 20 languages within a few
months, get going! Apart from re-compilation it'll take you about an
-hour.
+hour or two.
To add a new language to the list of languages that Wine can handle
you must...
-1. Edit ./wine.man (search for -language) to show the new language
- abbreviation.
+0. Find the language ID in /include/winnls.h .
-2. Edit misc/main.c variable "Languages" to contain the new language
+1. Look in ole/ole2nls.c if your language is already incorporated in
+ the "static const struct NLS_langlocale". If not: find the
+ appropriate entries in /include/winnls.h and add them to the list.
+
+2. Edit the parameters defined in /ole/nls/*.nls to fit your local
+ habits and language.
+
+3. Edit documentation/wine.man (search for -language) to show the new
+ language abbreviation.
+
+4. Edit misc/main.c variable "Languages" to contain the new language
abbreviation and language ID. Also edit macro "USAGE" to show the
new abbreviation.
-3. Edit include/options.h enum "WINE_LANGUAGE" to have a member called
+5. Edit include/options.h enum "WINE_LANGUAGE" to have a member called
LANG_XX where XX is the new abbreviation.
-4. Edit ole/ole2nls.c function "GetUserDefaultLCID" to contain a
- case for your language by uncommenting the return value of it.
+6. Edit resources/sysres.c variable "SYSRES_Resources" to contain an
+ entry for your language.
-5. Edit resources/sysrec.c to include "sysres_XX.h" where XX is the
- abbreviation for your language. (That file will be produced auto-
- matically.) Edit variable "SYSRES_Resources" to contain an entry
- for your language.
-
-6. Create a new file, resources/sysres_XX.rc, where XX is the
- abbreviation that you chose. Your best bet is to copy one of the
- other *.rc files and start translating. [Warning: the author of
- this file does not know the details of the structure of these
- files. There seems to be no need to, however.]
+7. Create a new file, resources/sysres_XX.rc, where XX is the
+ abbreviation that you chose. Your best bet is to copy sysres_En.rc
+ and start translating. [Warning: the author of this file does not
+ know the details of the structure of these files.
+ There seems to be no need to, however.]
In menus, the character "&" means that the next character will
be highlighted and that pressing that letter will select the item.
@@ -44,17 +50,18 @@
copy the positions from (say) English. In particular, items within
one menu should have different highlighted letters.
-7. Edit resources/Makefile.in to add the name of the new file to the
+8. Edit resources/Makefile.in to add the name of the new file to the
SYSRES_SRCS variable.
-8. Edit ole/ole2nls.c function "GetLocaleInfoA" to contain a case for
- your language.
-
9. Re-configure, re-make dependencies, and re-make Wine.
-10. Check your new menus and forms; when they're ok, submit patches
- for inclusion in the next Wine release, see file ./ANNOUNCE for
- details about where to submit.
+10. Check your new menus and forms; when they're not ok,
+ go back to 7) and adapt the sizes, etc.
+
+11. Edit /resources/TODO if necessary.
+
+12. Submit patches for inclusion in the next Wine release,
+ see file ./ANNOUNCE for details about where to submit.
January 1996
@@ -64,3 +71,5 @@
place missing from the above list, submit a patch to this file please.
Also note that re-organization of the source code might change the list
of places.]
+
+Therefore revised Februari 1999 by Klaas van Gend
