Updating contributor docs

Author: patrickfournier

SCANNER_SUPPORT.md

@@ -62,13 +62,11 @@ To make the parameter strings available to the translation system, run these com
 (assuming you have set up `meson` to use the `build` directory):
 
 ```bash
-  meson compile scanner_strings -C build
-  meson compile gorfector-pot -C build
   meson compile gorfector-update-po -C build
 ```
 
-This will update the `gorfector.pot` file and all the `*.po` files in the `po` directory. You (or a translator) will 
-now be able to translate the strings in the `*.po` files.
+This will extract the strings from the JSON file, update the `gorfector.pot` file and all the `*.po` files in 
+the `po` directory. You (or a translator) will now be able to translate the strings in the `*.po` files.
 
 ## Testing your changes
 

TRANSLATE.md

@@ -1,22 +1,23 @@
 # Translating
 
+## Translating the User Interface
+
 Gorfector uses the GNU `gettext` system to translate the user interface. The source strings are
 in the C++ source files as well as in the JSON files that define the scanner parameters, in the `scanners` directory. 
 
-To update the translation files, you need to run the following commands at the repository root 
-(assuming you have set up `meson` to use the `build` directory):
+To add a new language, you need to edit the `po/meson.build` file and add the new language to the list of languages.
+Then, run the following command at the repository root  to generate the new `*.po` file:
 
 ```bash
-  meson compile scanner_strings -C build
-  meson compile gorfector-pot -C build
-  meson compile gorfector-update-po -C build
+  meson compile update_all_po -C build
 ```
 
-This will update the `gorfector.pot` file and all the `*.po` files in the `po` directory. You are now ready to edit
-the translations. Once you are done, you can run the following command to compile the translations:
+This will update the `gorfector.pot` file (if needed) and all the `*.po` files in the `po` directory. 
+You are now ready to edit the translations. Once you are done, you can run the following command to compile 
+the translations:
 
 ```bash
-  meson compile gorfector-gmo -C build
+  meson compile compile_all_mo -C build
 ```
 
 This will compile the `*.po` files into `*.mo` files, which are used by the program at runtime. 
@@ -25,3 +26,28 @@ You can then run the following command to install the translations:
 ```bash
   meson install -C build
 ```
+
+Your translations are now installed and ready to be used.
+
+## Updating the Help Files
+
+The help files are in the `help` directory. To add a new language, you need to edit the `help/LINGUAS` file
+and add the new language to the list of languages. Then, run the following command at the repository root to generate
+the new `*.po` file:
+
+```bash
+  meson compile help-gorfector-update-po -C build
+```
+
+Edit the `*.po` file to add your translations. Once you are done, you can run the following command to compile
+the translations:
+
+```bash
+  meson compile help-gorfector-<lang>-gmo -C build
+```
+
+To install the translations, run the following command:
+
+```bash
+  meson install -C build
+```

po/fr.po

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: gorfector master\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2025-05-24 11:51-0400\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2025-05-24 12:50-0400\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2025-05-24 11:52-0400\n"
 "Last-Translator: Patrick Fournier <>\n"
 "Language-Team: French - Canada\n"

po/gorfector.pot

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2025-05-24 11:51-0400\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2025-05-24 12:50-0400\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <[email protected]>\n"