[Geany-Devel] Comments in translation files

Lex Trotman elextr at xxxxx
Sat Jul 29 12:03:17 UTC 2017


On 29 July 2017 at 21:31, Lars Paulsen <lars_paulsen at web.de> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I got a question about the translation files. If I have a translated string
> like in the example below, does the comment with the source location have a
> meaning for the translation tool or is it "only" an information for other
> developers?
>
> #. Windows
> #: ../webhelper/src/gwh-plugin.c:541
> msgid "Windows"
> msgstr "Fenster"
>
> Thanks for any answers in advance.

Its a generated comment from the tool that extracts the strings to be
translated.

See https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/PO-Files.html

Cheers
Lex

>
> Greetings,
> Lars
>
>
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