[Geany-Devel] Comments in translation files
Lars Paulsen
lars_paulsen at xxxxx
Sat Jul 29 12:52:48 UTC 2017
Hi Lex,
thanks for the reply. I tried to use the tool but xgettext does not
output any strings for me. I tried to run it like this:
xgettext -D . -o - *.c
Also used some variations but no success. Can you give me a hint?
Thanks,
Lars
Am 29.07.2017 um 14:03 schrieb Lex Trotman:
> 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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