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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+@ARGV == 3 || die "Usage: $0 <source-dir> <dest-dir> <target-language>\n";
+
+my $source_dir = shift @ARGV;
+my $target_dir = shift @ARGV;
+my $target_lang = shift @ARGV;
+my $master_lang = "en";
+
+
+if( ! -d $target_dir )
+{
+ system('mkdir', '-p', $target_dir);
+}
+
+
+my %target_strings;
+
+
+if( open F, "find $source_dir -path '*/luasrc/i18n/*' -name '*.$target_lang.lua' |" )
+{
+ while( chomp( my $file = readline F ) )
+ {
+ if( open L, "< $file" )
+ {
+ my ( $basename ) = $file =~ m{.+/([^/]+)\.\w+\.lua$};
+ $target_strings{$basename} = { };
+
+ while( chomp( my $entry = readline L ) )
+ {
+ my ( $k, $v );
+ if( $entry =~ /^\s*(\w+)\s*=\s*\[\[(.+)\]\]/ )
+ {
+ ( $k, $v ) = ( $1, $2 );
+ }
+ elsif( $entry =~ /^\s*(\w+)\s*=\s*'(.+)'/ )
+ {
+ ( $k, $v ) = ( $1, $2 );
+ }
+ elsif( $entry =~ /^\s*(\w+)\s*=\s*"(.+)"/ )
+ {
+ ( $k, $v ) = ( $1, $2 );
+ }
+
+ if( $k && $v )
+ {
+ $v =~ s/"/\\"/g;
+ $target_strings{$basename}{$k} = $v;
+ }
+ }
+
+ close L;
+ }
+ }
+
+ close F;
+}
+
+
+if( open F, "find . -path '*/luasrc/i18n/*' -name '*.$master_lang.lua' |" )
+{
+ while( chomp( my $file = readline F ) )
+ {
+ if( open L, "< $file" )
+ {
+ my ( $basename ) = $file =~ m{.+/([^/]+)\.\w+\.lua$};
+
+ if( open T, "> $target_dir/$basename.$target_lang.po" )
+ {
+ printf "Generating %-40s ",
+ "$target_dir/$basename.$target_lang.po";
+
+ printf T "# %s.%s.po\n# generated from %s\n\nmsgid \"\"\n" .
+ "msgstr \"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\"\n\n",
+ $basename, $target_lang, $file;
+
+ while( chomp( my $entry = readline L ) )
+ {
+ my ( $k, $v );
+ if( $entry =~ /^\s*(\w+)\s*=\s*\[\[(.+)\]\]/ )
+ {
+ ( $k, $v ) = ( $1, $2 );
+ }
+ elsif( $entry =~ /^\s*(\w+)\s*=\s*'(.+)'/ )
+ {
+ ( $k, $v ) = ( $1, $2 );
+ }
+ elsif( $entry =~ /^\s*(\w+)\s*=\s*"(.+)"/ )
+ {
+ ( $k, $v ) = ( $1, $2 );
+ }
+
+ if( $k && $v )
+ {
+ $v =~ s/"/\\"/g;
+ printf T "#: %s:%d\n#. \"%s\"\nmsgid \"%s\"\nmsgstr \"%s\"\n\n",
+ $file, $., $v, $k,
+ ( $target_strings{$basename} && $target_strings{$basename}{$k} )
+ ? $target_strings{$basename}{$k} : $v;
+ }
+ }
+
+ close T;
+
+ print "done\n";
+ }
+
+ close L;
+ }
+ }
+
+ close F;
+}