maint: merge stable to default

Author: Rik

libgui/languages/build_ts/README.md

@@ -2,43 +2,55 @@
 
 ## Why updating and when?
 
-Before a new release of Octave, the language files  `libgui/languages/*.ts` have to be updated with changed or new strings in the source files in order to add translations afterwards.
+Before a new release of Octave, the language files `libgui/languages/*.ts`
+have to be updated with changed or new strings in the source files in order to
+add translations afterwards.
 
 ## How to update the files (*.ts)
 
- The update is carried out by the Qt-tool `lupdate` which collect strings in source files found in the search path(s) provided as input argument to `lupdate`. The tool `lupdate`is called from the script
+The update is carried out by the Qt-tool `lupdate` which collect strings in
+source files found in the search path(s) provided as input argument to
+`lupdate`.  The tool `lupdate` is called from the script
 
 - `libgui/languages/build_ts/update_ts_files`
 
 which also determines the required search paths for each language.
 
-Besides source folders within `libgui`, the search path is extended by some Qt and Qsci files, collected in
+Besides source folders within `libgui`, the search path is extended by some Qt
+and Qsci files, collected in
 
 - `libgui/build_ts/octave-qt` and
 - `libgui/build_ts/octave-qsci`
 
-respectively, whenever there are no translation files for the language from Qt or QScintilla.
+respectively, whenever there are no translation files for the language from Qt
+or QScintilla.
 
-The Following steps are required in order to update the language files `libgui/languages/*.ts`:
+The following steps are required in order to update the language files
+`libgui/languages/*.ts`:
 
 1. Change into `libgui/languages`
 2. Start the update by calling `build_ts/update_ts_files`
 3. Select the language files that should be updated
 
 ## Updating Qt and Qsci used for the language files
 
-From time to time, like, e.g., when a new major version of Qt is available, the source files in
+From time to time, for example when a new major version of Qt is available, the
+source files in
 
 - `libgui/build_ts/octave-qt` and
 - `libgui/build_ts/octave-qsci`
 
-should also be updated. These source are scanned for strings for language where no translation is provided by Qt and/or QScintilla. The sources are update with the following steps:
+should also be updated.  These sources are scanned for strings for language
+where no translation is provided by Qt and/or QScintilla.  The sources are
+updated with the following steps:
 
 1. Download the Qt sources (example for Qt6):
-    1. `$ git clone git://code.qt.io/qt/qt5.git qt6`
-    2. `$ cd qt6`
-    3. `$ git switch 6.6`
-    4. `$ perl init-repository`
-2. [Download the latest QScintilla](https://riverbankcomputing.com/software/qscintilla/download) and unpack he archive to the desired location
+    1. `git clone git://code.qt.io/qt/qt5.git qt6`
+    2. `cd qt6`
+    3. `git switch 6.6`
+    4. `perl init-repository`
+2. [Download the latest QScintilla](https://riverbankcomputing.com/software/qscintilla/download) and unpack the archive to the desired location
 3. Change into `libgui/languages/build_ts`
-4. Call `./update_external_sources  path_qt  path_qsci` where `path_qt` and `path_qsci` are the absolute or relative paths to the Qt and QScintilla sources respectively.
+4. Call `./update_external_sources  path_qt  path_qsci` where `path_qt` and
+   `path_qsci` are the absolute or relative paths to the Qt and QScintilla
+   sources respectively.