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376 <para>It is up to third party programs to convert the Monitoring Plugins 376 <para>It is up to third party programs to convert the Monitoring Plugins
377 performance data into graphs.</para> 377 performance data into graphs.</para>
378 </section> 378 </section>
379
380 <section><title>Translations</title>
381 <para>If possible, use translation tools for all output to respect the user's language
382 settings. See <xref linkend="translationsdevelopers"> for guidelines
383 for the core plugins.
384 </para>
385 </section>
386</section> 379</section>
387 380
388<section id="SysCmdAuxFiles"><title>System Commands and Auxiliary Files</title> 381<section id="SysCmdAuxFiles"><title>System Commands and Auxiliary Files</title>
@@ -749,32 +742,6 @@ setup the tests. Run "make test" to run all the tests.
749 <para>All commits will be written to a ChangeLog at release time. 742 <para>All commits will be written to a ChangeLog at release time.
750 </para> 743 </para>
751 </section> 744 </section>
752
753 <section id="translationsdevelopers"><title>Translations for developers</title>
754 <para>To make the job easier for translators, please follow these guidelines:</para>
755 <orderedlist>
756 <listitem><para>
757 Before creating new strings, check the po/monitoring-plugins.pot file to
758 see if a similar string
759 already exists
760 </para></listitem>
761 <listitem><para>
762 For help texts, break into individual options so that these can be reused
763 between plugins
764 </para></listitem>
765 <listitem><para>Try to avoid linefeeds unless you are working on a block of text</para></listitem>
766 <listitem><para>Short help is not translated</para></listitem>
767 <listitem><para>Long help has options in English language, but text translated</para></listitem>
768 <listitem><para>"Copyright" kept in English</para></listitem>
769 <listitem><para>Copyright holder names kept in original text</para></listitem>
770 <listitem><para>Debugging output does not need to be translated</para></listitem>
771 </orderedlist>
772 </section>
773
774 <section><title>Translations for translators</title>
775 <para>To create an up to date list of translatable strings, run: tools/gen_locale.sh</para>
776 </section>
777
778</section> 745</section>
779 746
780<section id="SubmittingChanges"><title>Submission of new plugins and patches</title> 747<section id="SubmittingChanges"><title>Submission of new plugins and patches</title>