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Re: xgettext and the comments at the top of the .pot file
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Bruno Haible |
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Re: xgettext and the comments at the top of the .pot file |
Date: |
Mon, 12 May 2003 19:17:28 +0200 (CEST) |
Phil Edwards wrote:
> When using a command such as
>
> xgettext --default-domain=foo --join-existing -o .../foo.pot ...
>
> is there any way to tell xgettext to /not/ regenerate the comments at the
> top of the foo.pot file?
Yes. It's the --omit-header option.
> package maintainers would get sick of rewriting this text each time a new
> string literal is extracted.
The header of the POT file is meant as a template that is filled out
by the translator, either by running "msginit" or manually. See the
gettext manual, section "Creating a New PO File". The package
maintainers don't need to fiddle with it.
Bruno
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