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@@ -977,6 +977,14 @@
By default, they are enabled.
\row \li depend_includepath \li Appending the value of INCLUDEPATH to
DEPENDPATH is enabled. Set by default.
+ \row \li lrelease \li Run \c lrelease for all files listed in
+ \l TRANSLATIONS and \l EXTRA_TRANSLATIONS. If \c embed_translations
+ is not set, install the generated .qm files into
+ QM_FILES_INSTALL_PATH. Use QMAKE_LRELEASE_FLAGS to add options to
+ the lrelease call. Not set by default.
+ \row \li embed_translations \li Embed the generated translations from
+ \c lrelease in the executable, under \l{QM_FILES_RESOURCE_PREFIX}.
+ Requires \c lrelease to be set, too. Not set by default.
\endtable
When you use the \c debug_and_release option (which is the default under
@@ -1162,6 +1170,24 @@
Specifies where to copy the \l{#TARGET}{target} dll.
+ \target EXTRA_TRANSLATIONS
+ \section1 EXTRA_TRANSLATIONS
+
+ Specifies a list of translation (.ts) files that contain
+ translations of the user interface text into non-native languages.
+
+ In contrast to \l TRANSLATIONS, translation files in \c EXTRA_TRANSLATIONS
+ will be processed only by \l{Using lrelease}{lrelease}, not
+ \l{Using lupdate}{lupdate}.
+
+ You can use \l{CONFIG}{CONFIG += lrelease} to automatically compile the
+ files during the build, and
+ \l{CONFIG}{CONFIG += lrelease embed_translations} to make them available in
+ \l{The Qt Resource System}.
+
+ See the \l{Qt Linguist Manual} for more information about
+ internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) with Qt.
+
\target FORMS
\section1 FORMS
@@ -1432,6 +1458,21 @@
\note Do not attempt to overwrite the value of this variable.
+ \target QM_FILES_RESOURCE_PREFIX
+ \section1 QM_FILES_RESOURCE_PREFIX
+
+ Specifies the directory in the resource system where \c .qm files will
+ be made available by \l{CONFIG}{CONFIG += embed_translations}.
+
+ The default is \c{:/i18n/}.
+
+ \target QM_FILES_INSTALL_PATH
+ \section1 QM_FILES_INSTALL_PATH
+
+ Specifies the target directory \c .qm files generated by
+ \l{CONFIG}{CONFIG += lrelease} will be installed to. Does not have any
+ effect if \l{CONFIG}{CONFIG += embed_translations} is set.
+
\target QMAKE_systemvariable
\section1 QMAKE
@@ -2147,6 +2188,12 @@
value of this variable is typically handled by qmake or
\l{#QMAKESPEC}{qmake.conf} and rarely needs to be modified.
+ \target QMAKE_LRELEASE_FLAGS
+ \section1 QMAKE_LRELEASE_FLAGS
+
+ List of additional options passed to \l{Using lrelease}{lrelease} when
+ enabled through \l{CONFIG}{CONFIG += lrelease}.
+
\section1 QMAKE_OBJECTIVE_CFLAGS
Specifies the Objective C/C++ compiler flags for building
@@ -2624,11 +2671,21 @@
determine how the project is built, it is necessary to declare TEMPLATE on
the command line rather than use the \c -t option.
+ \target TRANSLATIONS
\section1 TRANSLATIONS
Specifies a list of translation (.ts) files that contain
translations of the user interface text into non-native languages.
+ Translation files in \c TRANSLATIONS will be processed by both
+ \l{Using lrelease}{lrelease} and \l{Using lupdate} tools. Use
+ \l EXTRA_TRANSLATIONS if you want only \c lrelease to process a file.
+
+ You can use \l{CONFIG}{CONFIG += lrelease} to automatically compile the
+ files during the build, and
+ \l{CONFIG}{CONFIG += lrelease embed_translations} to make them available in
+ \l{The Qt Resource System}.
+
See the \l{Qt Linguist Manual} for more information about
internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) with Qt.