Multilanguage: readme improvements (#25214)

* catch2 needs to iterate through the whole function each time to test this (spams warnings)

* Update readme

* Add update the ui header

* build in scons

* release by default

* scons in another pr

Co-authored-by: Vincent Wright <vincentw@kmwperformance.com>

selfdrive/ui/tests/test_translations.cc

@@ -17,10 +17,8 @@ QStringList getParentWidgets(QWidget* widget){
 
 template <typename T>
 void checkWidgetTrWrap(MainWindow &w) {
-  int i = 0;
   for (auto widget : w.findChildren<T>()) {
   const QString text = widget->text();
-    SECTION(text.toStdString() + "-" + std::to_string(i)) {
     bool isNumber = RE_NUM.exactMatch(text);
     bool wrapped = text.contains(TEST_TEXT);
     QString parentWidgets = getParentWidgets(widget).join("->");
@@ -35,8 +33,6 @@ void checkWidgetTrWrap(MainWindow &w) {
       WARN(("\"" + text + "\" is dynamic and needs a custom retranslate function. Parent widgets: " + parentWidgets).toStdString());
     }
   }
-    i++;
-  }
 }
 
 // Tests all strings in the UI are wrapped with tr()

selfdrive/ui/tests/test_translations.py

@@ -35,13 +35,12 @@ class TestTranslations(unittest.TestCase):
         if not len(file):
           self.skipTest(f"{name} translation has no defined file")
 
-        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(os.path.join(TRANSLATIONS_DIR, f"{file}.ts")),
+        if not (os.path.exists(os.path.join(TRANSLATIONS_DIR, f"{file}.ts")) and
-                        f"{name} has no XML translation file, run selfdrive/ui/update_translations.py")
+                os.path.exists(os.path.join(TRANSLATIONS_DIR, f"{file}.qm"))):
-        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(os.path.join(TRANSLATIONS_DIR, f"{file}.qm")),
+          self.fail(f"{name} is missing translation files, run selfdrive/ui/update_translations.py")
-                        f"{name} has no compiled QM translation file, run selfdrive/ui/update_translations.py --release")
 
   def test_translations_updated(self):
-    update_translations(release=True, translations_dir=TMP_TRANSLATIONS_DIR)
+    update_translations(translations_dir=TMP_TRANSLATIONS_DIR)
 
     for name, file in self.translation_files.items():
       with self.subTest(name=name, file=file):
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ class TestTranslations(unittest.TestCase):
             new_translations = self._read_translation_file(TMP_TRANSLATIONS_DIR, file, file_ext)
 
             self.assertEqual(cur_translations, new_translations,
-                             f"{file} ({name}) {file_ext.upper()} translation file out of date. Run selfdrive/ui/update_translations.py --release to update the translation files")
+                             f"{file} ({name}) {file_ext.upper()} translation file out of date. Run selfdrive/ui/update_translations.py to update the translation files")
 
   @unittest.skip("Only test unfinished translations before going to release")
   def test_unfinished_translations(self):

selfdrive/ui/translations/README.md

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # Multilanguage
 
-![multilanguage_onroad](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/25857203/178912800-2c798af8-78e3-498e-9e19-35906e0bafff.png)
-
 ## Contributing
 
 Before getting started, make sure you have set up the openpilot Ubuntu development environment by reading the [tools README.md](/tools/README.md).
@@ -28,12 +26,25 @@ openpilot provides a few tools to help contributors manage their translations an
 
 Follow the steps above, omitting steps 1. and 2. Any time you edit translations you'll want to make sure to compile them.
 
+### Updating the UI
+
+Any time you edit source code in the UI, you need to update and compile the translations to ensure the line numbers and contexts are up to date (last step above).
+
 ### Testing
 
-openpilot has a unit test to make sure all translations are up to date with the text in openpilot and that all translations are completed.
+openpilot has a few unit tests to make sure all translations are up to date and that all strings are wrapped in a translation marker.
 
-Run and fix any issues:
+Tests translation files up to date:
 
-```python
+```shell
 selfdrive/ui/tests/test_translations.py
 ```
+
+Tests all static source strings are wrapped:
+
+```shell
+selfdrive/ui/tests/create_test_translations.sh && selfdrive/ui/tests/test_translations
+```
+
+---
+![multilanguage_onroad](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/25857203/178912800-2c798af8-78e3-498e-9e19-35906e0bafff.png)

selfdrive/ui/update_translations.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ TRANSLATIONS_DIR = os.path.join(UI_DIR, "translations")
 LANGUAGES_FILE = os.path.join(TRANSLATIONS_DIR, "languages.json")
 
 
-def update_translations(release=False, vanish=False, translations_dir=TRANSLATIONS_DIR):
+def update_translations(vanish=False, translations_dir=TRANSLATIONS_DIR):
   with open(LANGUAGES_FILE, "r") as f:
     translation_files = json.load(f)
 
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ def update_translations(release=False, vanish=False, translations_dir=TRANSLATIO
     ret = os.system(args)
     assert ret == 0
 
-    if release:
     ret = os.system(f"lrelease {tr_file}")
     assert ret == 0
 
@@ -34,8 +33,7 @@ def update_translations(release=False, vanish=False, translations_dir=TRANSLATIO
 if __name__ == "__main__":
   parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Update translation files for UI",
                                    formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter)
-  parser.add_argument("--release", action="store_true", help="Create compiled QM translation files used by UI")
   parser.add_argument("--vanish", action="store_true", help="Remove translations with source text no longer found")
   args = parser.parse_args()
 
-  update_translations(args.release, args.vanish)
+  update_translations(args.vanish)