ICON THEMES - NATIONAL LANGUAGE SUPPORT All language-specific text in Icon Themes is contained in two files: - ithm_xx.mkm (program messages, will be compiled to 'ithm_xx.msg') - ithm_xx.hlp (help file, will be compiled to 'ithm_xx.hlp') where 'xx' is a two-letter language code (e.g. 'en', 'de', 'nl', etc.). Required: - Message file compiler (mkmsgf.exe) - Help file compiler (ipfc.exe) (Both are part of the IBM Developer's Toolkit.) To generate these two files for your language: - Rename 'ithm_en.mkm' to 'ithm_xx.mkm', and 'ithm_en.ipf' to 'ithm_xx.ipf', substituting the appropriate language code for 'xx'. - Translate the message text in the new files. - Compile the message file using 'mkmsgf ithm_xx.mkm ithm_xx.msg'. For some languages it may be necessary to specify the /L, /P and/or /D switches; consult the MKMSGF toolkit documentation. - Compile the help file using 'ipfc -l:yyy ithm_xx.ipf', substituting the two-letter language code for 'xx' and the three-letter language code for 'yyy'. Place ithm_xx.msg and ithm_xx.hlp into the ITHEME directory. Test by setting the local LANG environment variable to one which uses the new language (e.g. for 'de' (German) set LANG to something like 'DE_DE' or 'DE_AT'), and then run ITHEME.EXE.