qm files will be stored in translations directory

dev/flatpak/build_flatpak

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 # 3) sudo apt install flatpak-builder
 # 4) Install engauge-specific github repo
 #      cd $HOME
-#      git clone [email protected]:flathub/io.github.markummitchell.Engauge_Digitizer.git
+#      git clone [email protected]:flathub/io.github.markummitchell.Engauge_Digitizegit
 # 5) Running this script gives error about org.kde.Sdk/x86_64/5.11 not installed so
 #      flatpak install flathub org.kde.Sdk
 #    and pick the version option matching the error message
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@
 #      + /usr/.../xdg-desktop-portal-kde &
 #      + /usr/.../xdg-desktop-portal &                        (this connects later flatpak apps to KDE)
 #      + flatpak run io.github.markummitchell.Engauge_Digitizer
-
+# 9) Got error 'Note that the directories .. are  not in the search path set by XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variable'
+#    fix: edit ~/.bashrc and do 'export XDG_DATA_DIRS=..:$XDG_DATA_DIRS' where .. are the missing directories
 if [[ -z $1 ]]; then
     echo "Usage: build_flathub <version>"
     exit

dev/snapcraft/snapcraft.yaml

@@ -14,42 +14,29 @@ parts:
     stage-packages: [qttools5-dev, libqt5gui5, libqt5sql5-sqlite, libfftw3-double3, libpoppler-dev, libpoppler-qt5-dev]
     project-files: [engauge.pro]
     after: [help]
+  translations:
+    plugin: dump
+    source: translations
+    files:
+        - translations/engauge_ar.qm : bin/translations
+        - translations/engauge_cs.qm : bin/translations
+        - translations/engauge_de.qm : bin/translations
+        - translations/engauge_es.qm : bin/translations
+        - translations/engauge_fa_IR.qm : bin/translations
+        - translations/engauge_fr.qm : bin/translations
+        - translations/engauge_hi.qm : bin/translations
+        - translations/engauge_it.qm : bin/translations
+        - translations/engauge_ja.qm : bin/translations
+        - translations/engauge_kk.qm : bin/translations
+        - translations/engauge_ko.qm : bin/translations
+        - translations/engauge_nb.qm : bin/translations
+        - translations/engauge_pt.qm : bin/translations
+        - translations/engauge_ru.qm : bin/translations
+        - translations/engauge_zh.qm : bin/translations
   help:
     plugin: dump
-    stage: [engauge, documentation/engauge.qch, documentation/engauge.qhc,
-    	   bin/translations/engauge_ar.qm,
-    	   bin/translations/engauge_cs.qm,
-    	   bin/translations/engauge_de.qm,
-    	   bin/translations/engauge_es.qm,
-    	   bin/translations/engauge_fa_IR.qm,
-    	   bin/translations/engauge_fr.qm,
-    	   bin/translations/engauge_hi.qm,
-    	   bin/translations/engauge_it.qm,
-    	   bin/translations/engauge_ja.qm,
-    	   bin/translations/engauge_kk.qm,
-    	   bin/translations/engauge_ko.qm,
-    	   bin/translations/engauge_nb.qm,
-    	   bin/translations/engauge_pt.qm,
-    	   bin/translations/engauge_ru.qm,
-      	   bin/translations/engauge_zh.qm,
-	   ]
-    prime: [engauge, documentation/engauge.qch, documentation/engauge.qhc,
-    	   bin/translations/engauge_ar.qm,
-    	   bin/translations/engauge_cs.qm,
-    	   bin/translations/engauge_de.qm,
-    	   bin/translations/engauge_es.qm,
-    	   bin/translations/engauge_fa_IR.qm,
-    	   bin/translations/engauge_fr.qm,
-    	   bin/translations/engauge_hi.qm,
-    	   bin/translations/engauge_it.qm,
-    	   bin/translations/engauge_ja.qm,
-    	   bin/translations/engauge_kk.qm,
-    	   bin/translations/engauge_ko.qm,
-    	   bin/translations/engauge_nb.qm,
-    	   bin/translations/engauge_pt.qm,
-    	   bin/translations/engauge_ru.qm,
-      	   bin/translations/engauge_zh.qm,
-	   ]
+    stage: [engauge, documentation/engauge.qch, documentation/engauge.qhc]
+    prime: [engauge, documentation/engauge.qch, documentation/engauge.qhc]
   after: [desktop-file]
   desktop-file:
     source: desktop-file

translations/.gitignore

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 .download
 .local
 __pycache__
-*.qm
 for*
+# DO NOT IGNORE qm FILES! THEY ARE REQUIRED FOR SNAP AND FLATPAK BUILDS IN THIS DIRECTORY SINCE bin/translations
+# DIRECTORY IS EXCLUDED FROM 'Source code (tar.gz)' FILE AUTOMATICALLY BUILT BY GITHUB FOR EACH NEW RELEASE SO
+# THE SNAP/FLATPAK BUILD SCRIPTS COPY THEM FROM THIS FILE

translations/step_2_move_results_into_permanents

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ function main {
     echo "* Remaining steps:                                                 *"
     echo "*   1) Run 'lrelease engauge.pro'                                  *"
     echo "*   2) Copy *.qm translations into the bin/translations directory  *"
+    echo "*      NOTE we keep the local *.qm files since they are used for   *"
+    echo "**     for release building                                        *"
     echo "*   3) Upload the english engauge_en.ts file to Transifex (since   *"
     echo "*      non-english uploads will be silently filtered by that file) *"
     echo "*      3a) Click on "Resources"                                    *"