[Tux4kids-tuxtype-dev] Lessons in Espanol theme

[David Bruce]

Hi,

> The espanol keyboard.lst file doesn't seem to work for the lessons as it
> doesn't allow for <spacebar>. I don't know what the last to characters are
> in the file as they're unrecognized for me in Notepad++. ñ maybe?
> Can someone tell me how the keyboard.lst files work? I don't exactly
> understand the format or how Tux Typing uses it.

The keyboard.lst files are an old, crufty hack that are supposed to
tell what characters are "typable" in a give language, as well as
indicating what finger should be used to type that char. The fingers
are numbered 0-9, starting with the left hand little finger.

> I've notice certain things aren't translated in the interface as well.
> Project Info and Phrase Typing under Options and Time, Chars, WPM, CPM,
> Errors, etc. during lessons.
> Should I be looking at the tuxtype.mo file in local? Is this selected
> via the settings.txt file in the theme's folder? Are .po files still used?

Yes - these things indicate that the es.po file is incomplete.  The po
files are in the source code tree under po/.  They get converted to
*.mo (or *.gmo) files when the program is built.  So, to add
translations of these things, you need to update the po file and
rebuild and reinstall the program.  Of course, for those who don't
want to build from source, you can send us the updated es.po file and
wait for it to appear in a later release.

Thanks,

David Bruce