The KBabel Handbook

Stanislav Visnovsky

Matthias Kiefer

Revision 3.1.91 (2003-09-18)

KBabel is a suite of of an advanced and easy to use PO file editor comprising KBabel, a multi functional Catalog Manager and a dictionary for translators KBabelDict. It supports many advanced features and it lets you customize many options.


Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Using KBabel
Introduction
Editor
More KBabel Features
Advanced Translation
Navigation in PO-file
Clever editing
Automatic translation
Validate your translation
Spellchecking the translation
Translating XML, HTML, ...
Showing the difference
Plural Forms
3. Using Catalog Manager
Catalog Manager Features
Find and replace in multiple files
Statistics
Checking the syntax
User-defined commands
4. Using KBabelDict
5. Dictionaries
Translation database
Settings
Filling the database
Defining good keys
Auxiliary PO file
Settings
PO compendium
Settings
6. Preferences
KBabel preferences
Identity
Editor
Save
Spell Check
Search
Diff
Miscellaneous
Catalog Manager preferences
General
Folder Commands
File Commands
7. Command Reference
The KBabel menu
The File Menu
The Edit Menu
The Go Menu
The Dictionaries Menu
The Tools Menu
The Settings Menu
The Help Menu
The KBabel toolbars
Standard Toolbar
Navigation Toolbar
Status Bar
The Catalog Manager menu
The File Menu
The Edit Menu
The Tools Menu
The Settings Menu
The Help Menu
8. Questions and Answers
9. Credits and License
Glossary
A. Installation
How to obtain KBabel
Requirements
Compilation and Installation