i18n

meson.build

@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 # project name and programming language
 project('de.inhji.finder', 'vala', 'c')
 
+# Include the translations module
+i18n = import('i18n')
+
+# Set our translation domain
+add_global_arguments('-DGETTEXT_PACKAGE="@0@"'.format (meson.project_name()), language:'c')
+
 # Create a new executable, list the files we want to compile, list the dependencies we need, and install
 executable(
     meson.project_name(),
@@ -11,16 +17,23 @@ executable(
     install: true
 )
 
-# Install our .desktop file so the Applications Menu will see it
-install_data(
-    join_paths('data', 'finder.desktop'),
-    install_dir: join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'applications'),
-    rename: meson.project_name() + '.desktop'
+#Translate and install our .desktop file
+i18n.merge_file(
+    input: join_paths('data', 'finder.desktop.in'),
+    output: meson.project_name() + '.desktop',
+    po_dir: join_paths(meson.source_root(), 'po'),
+    type: 'desktop',
+    install: true,
+    install_dir: join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'applications')
+)
+
+#Translate and install our .appdata file
+i18n.merge_file(
+    input: join_paths('data', 'finder.appdata.xml.in'),
+    output: meson.project_name() + '.appdata.xml',
+    po_dir: join_paths(meson.source_root(), 'po'),
+    install: true,
+    install_dir: join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'metainfo')
 )
 
-# Install our .appdata.xml file so AppCenter will see it
-install_data(
-    join_paths('data', 'finder.appdata.xml'),
-    install_dir: join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'metainfo'),
-    rename: meson.project_name() + '.appdata.xml'
-)
+subdir('po')

po/LINGUAS

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+de

po/POTFILES

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+src/Application.vala
+data/finder.desktop.in
+data/finder.appdata.xml.in

po/de.inhji.finder.pot

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE.
+# Copyright (C) YEAR THE PACKAGE'S COPYRIGHT HOLDER
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the de.inhji.finder package.
+# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
+#
+#, fuzzy
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: de.inhji.finder\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-02-06 11:49+0100\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
+"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
+"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
+"Language: \n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=CHARSET\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+
+#: src/Application.vala:19
+msgid "Hello Again World!"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: data/finder.desktop.in:3 data/finder.appdata.xml.in:6
+msgid "Finder"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: data/finder.desktop.in:4
+msgid "Finder App"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: data/finder.desktop.in:5
+msgid "Proves that we can use Vala and Gtk"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: data/finder.desktop.in:8
+msgid "application-default-icon"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: data/finder.desktop.in:10
+msgid "Hello;World;Example;"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: data/finder.appdata.xml.in:7
+msgid "Find everything, do everything!"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: data/finder.appdata.xml.in:9
+msgid ""
+"A quick summary of your app's main selling points and features. Just a "
+"couple sentences per paragraph is best."
+msgstr ""

po/meson.build

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+i18n.gettext(meson.project_name(),
+   args: '--directory=' + meson.source_root(),
+   preset: 'glib'
+)

src/Application.vala

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace Vala {
 				title = "Finder!"
 			};
 
-			var label = new Gtk.Label("Hello Again World!");
+			var label = new Gtk.Label(_("Hello Again World!"));
 
 			main_window.add(label);
 			main_window.show_all();