VIRTAAL(1)

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💖 VIRTAAL(1) — the general commands manual glow-up 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let me tell you about virtaal — she's a Graphical translation editor and she eats.

✨ NAME ✨

virtaal — Graphical translation editor 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

virtaal [options] [translation_file]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Virtaal is a Graphical translation editor. No cap, that's the whole vibe. She uses the Translate Toolkit to get access to translation files, which is a fancy way of saying she can edit a whole variety of files — including PO and XLIFF files. Versatile queen. 💅

Automatic completion, spellchecking and correction can be provided by installing the python-gtkspell and libreoffice-common packages. So if you want the extra sparkle ✨, go install those, fr fr.

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • --log=LOG — Turn on logging, and store the result in the filename you supply. Receipts, but make them a file 📝
  • --config=CONFIG — Use the configuration file given by the filename you supply. Your settings, your rules 💖
  • --version — show program's version number and exit 🎀
  • -h, --help — show this help message and exit 🫶

🎀 SHORTCUTS 🎀

keyboard shortcuts, aka the group chat hotkeys 🌈

  • <Enter> — Continue with the next message. onwards bestie ➡️
  • <Alt+Down> — Copy the original string into the target field. copy-paste but make it ✨keyboard✨
  • <Ctrl+Enter> — Modify the state one step forward, i.e tag unit with marker Needs work as Translated and go to the next unit. glow-up mode 😌
  • <Ctrl+Enter+Shift> — Modify the state one step back, i.e. tag unit as Needs work and go to the next unit. undo era, no shame 💜
  • <Ctrl+Up>
  • <Ctrl+Down> — Move between translations. little hops 🐇
  • <Ctrl+PgUp>
  • <Ctrl+PgDown> — Move in large steps between translations. big leaps, main character energy 🔥

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

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