NetBeans IDE and Platform Localization
You localize NetBeans IDE and NetBeans Platform by localizing
Bundle.properties and other files.
How to localize NetBeans IDE
NetBeans is a Java application, so you localize NetBeans IDE and
NetBeans Platform in the common Java way - by localizing
Bundle.properties, *.html, and other files.
Here are the basic steps how to localize the IDE. Please read the
detailed
description on the
NetBeans IDE 6.0
Localization Project Page.
Pick up the
L10n-kit containing English Bundle.properties files.
Localize the files.
Localize all the files and rename them.
For example you rename all Bundle.properties files to Bundle_
<lang>.properties.
There are 4 types of file formats that we need to localize:
- .properties
- .xml
- .url
- .xml
You'll find a detailed description on the
How
to translate the NetBeans IDE page.
Put your translated files
into the translatedfiles/src CVS repository
We welcome your contributions!
Build localized JAR files
Test your work by putting the localized
JAR files into NetBeans
Run the IDE or the
Platform in your language and test it.
The NetBeans Platform is localized as part of the NetBeans IDE
localization. If you need solely the NetBeans Platform, translate
only the minimum files for your Rich Client Application. Please check
the
NetBeans Platform Localization
page.
You can also localize only a part of the Bundle.properties files.
Please check the
NetBeans Platform
Localization and
NetBeans IDE 6.0
Localization Project Page.
We are currently working on NetBeans 6.0
Visit our past projects:
We released NetBeans IDE 5.5.1 for
Japanese, Chinese, German, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese.
We released NetBeans IDE 5.5 for
Japanese, Chinese, German, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese.
We released NetBeans IDE 5.0 for
Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Korean and Spanish.
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