Any tips to translate a Linux .desktop file?

[emmapeel2]

We want to translate the Tor Browser .desktop file, but I haven't found the format supported in weblate.

It is a very basic file, with the strings in all languages, preceded by the key+language code. This is our file: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/torbrowser-launcher/-/blob/main/share/applications/org.torproject.torbrowser-launcher.desktop?ref_type=heads

I am thinking just to add the strings to a text file, and then copy them 'by hand' to the file, but maybe there is a format I can use to create this .desktop file?

[nijel]

Gettext should support these, see https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/Desktop-Entry.html.

Weblate support is currently not on the roadmap; see #14480.

[emmapeel2]

oh well...