How to download MuseScore language files separately
G'day everyone
I'm trying to discuss the Afrikaans translation of MuseScore with the translator, but my MuseScore installation does not appear to want to update the language files.
The modified date of the .qm files in Program Files (x86)\MuseScore2\locale are in April this year, even though I've tried to update the language via both Edit > Preferences and Help > Resource Manager. In both cases, Afrikaans says "No update available" (or something like that).
In addition, the list of languages show that the language files are in a file named "locale_af.zip" but I have no such file on my computer.
Also, when I try to download the Afrikaans files "for use" from Transifex, I get a TS file, which doesn't help either. Yes, I have installed the latest MuseScore and yes I have restarted MuseScore.
So, is it possible to download the language files separately, and if so, where should they go on my Windows computer? If not, how can I force MuseScore to update to the latest language files (and where would they be saved, so that I can go check if they have indeed been updated)?
Thanks
Samuel
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The translator sent me screenshots of his installation of MuseScore, and his MuseScore has a lot more of the UI translated than mine.
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See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/language-settings-and-translation-upd…
Updated language files are not getting stored in Program Files (x86)\MuseScore2\locale but in a personal directory (%APPDATA%\MuseScore\MuseScore2) and that locale_af.zip gets unpacked right after download and contains mscore_af.qm and instruments_af.qm.
To see the updated translations you need to restart MuseScore
In reply to See https://musescore.org/en… by Jojo-Schmitz
So, this would become a bug report, then. There is no file "locale_af.zip" anywhere on my computer (or does MuseScore automatically delete it again directly afterwards?).
In reply to So, this would become a bug… by ugcheleuce
You should have two files on your computer
mscore_af.qm
Instruments_af.xml
Both modified on 7/30/2018 for the latest Afrikaans updates.
Apparently the locale_af.zip is never stored on your computer.
In reply to You should have two files on… by mike320
Thanks.
In the mean time I just updated manually (by downloading the TS file from Transifex and converting it to a QM file using the "release" command in QT Linguist, renaming it and moving it to the appropriate folder).
In reply to You should have two files on… by mike320
It is and in the same folder, but gets deleted after unpacking.