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Creating Message Files

IntelliJ IDEA stores locales in the language-related subdirectories of the locale directory. For creating locales, run the makemessages task of the manage.py utility.

To create a message file

  1. On the main menu, choose Tools | Run manage.py task, or press N/A.
  2. In the manage.py task window, enter makemessages, type --locale <locale name > and press Enter.

    Repeat this step for each locale you want to create.

    If there are strings marked for localization, IntelliJ IDEA will produce a directory and django.po file for each locale:

    py localeFolders

    If there are no such strings, only an empty directory structure is created.

Last modified: 24 July 2018

See Also

Language and Framework-Specific Guidelines: