Translation support for package metadata

.cdbrelease.lua

@@ -31,14 +31,15 @@ for i = 1, 5 do
 	screenshots[#screenshots + 1] = readbinary('.cdb-screen' .. i .. '.jpg')
 end
 
+local version = dofile("./mods/nc_api/version.lua")
+local pkgmeta = dofile("./mods/nc_api/pkgmeta.lua")
+
 return {
 	pkg = alpha and "nodecore_alpha" or "nodecore",
-	version = dofile("./mods/nc_api/version.lua"),
+	version = version,
 	type = "game",
-	title = "NodeCore" .. (alpha and " ALPHA" or ""),
-	short_description = (alpha
-		and "Early-access edition of NodeCore with latest features (and maybe bugs)"
-		or "Minetest's top original voxel game about emergent mechanics and exploration"),
+	title = "NodeCore" .. pkgmeta.title(alpha),
+	short_description = pkgmeta.desc(alpha),
 	dev_state = alpha and "BETA" or "ACTIVELY_DEVELOPED",
 	tags = tags,
 	content_warnings = {},

game.conf

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 name = NodeCore
 description = An original, immersive puzzle/adventure game with NO popup GUIs, minimal HUDs.
+textdomain = nc_api
 min_minetest_version = 5.4
 disabled_settings = creative_mode, !enable_damage

mods/nc_api/pkgmeta.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+return {
+	title = function(alpha)
+		return "NodeCore" .. (alpha and " ALPHA" or "")
+	end,
+	desc = function(alpha)
+		return alpha
+		and "Early-access edition of NodeCore with latest features (and maybe bugs)"
+		or "Minetest's top original voxel game about emergent mechanics and exploration"
+	end
+}

mods/nc_api/util_translate.lua

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -- LUALOCALS < ---------------------------------------------------------
-local ipairs, minetest, nodecore, pairs, string, table, type
-    = ipairs, minetest, nodecore, pairs, string, table, type
+local include, ipairs, minetest, nodecore, pairs, string, table, type
+    = include, ipairs, minetest, nodecore, pairs, string, table, type
 local string_format, string_match, table_sort
     = string.format, string.match, table.sort
 -- LUALOCALS > ---------------------------------------------------------
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ function nodecore.translate_inform(str)
 	return true
 end
 
+for _, v in pairs(include('pkgmeta')) do
+	nodecore.translate_inform(v(true))
+	nodecore.translate_inform(v(false))
+end
+
 function nodecore.translate(str, ...)
 	if not nodecore.translate_inform(str) then return str end
 	return minetest.translate(modname, str, ...)