Maven plugin doesnt work

[JuKu]

Maven plugin doesnt generates any file.

<plugin>
    <groupId>com.googlecode.gettext-commons</groupId>
    <artifactId>gettext-maven-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>1.2.4</version>
    <executions>
        <execution>
            <id>convert-po-class</id>
            <phase>compile</phase>
            <goals>
                <goal>dist</goal>
            </goals>
        </execution>
    </executions>
    <configuration>
        <keysFile>messages.pot</keysFile>
        <poDirectory>${basedir}/../data/po</poDirectory>
        <targetBundle>com.jukusoft.rts.gui.GameGUI</targetBundle>
        <outputFormat>properties</outputFormat>
    </configuration>
</plugin>

[nicolas-f]

hi, In order to update pot files, did you run mvn gettext:gettext on your project ?

[JuKu]

No, i didnt. Do i have to? No .pot file exists yet, because no file was created.

[nicolas-f]

Yes. The translations procedure for projects is like this:

• some changes are done in the source code by developers commit and push
• translation manager pull changes and run mvn gettext:gettext to create/update pot files from source code.
• translation manager commit and push pot files
• Changes of pot files are detected by web services like http://transifex.com and translators do the translations.
• translation manager pull transifex translations using the tx client tool.
• translation manager commit and push po files
• When running mvn compile po files are translated into java class file and included in the jar.

[JuKu]

Thanks for your answer! This workflow is a little bit complicated. Where can i found the translation manager?

[nicolas-f]

If you are working alone, just run mvn gettext:gettext, use a po editor for each language then run mvn compile

[JuKu]

Thanks!