Re: [help-texinfo] Special characters in texinfo's PO files

[Gavin Smith]

On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 08:45:37PM -0300, Rafael Fontenelle wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> Looking at the Gettext message catalogs (PO files) for "texinfo" and
> "texinfo_document" translation domain, I notice that from some languages
> they where translated using texinfo's syntax for special characters,
> instead of using UTF-8. So, for example, Brazilian Portuguese translation
> of "texinfo_document" has the string "Function" as "Fun@,address@hidden",
> instead of "Função" (see here
> <http://translationproject.org/PO-files/pt_BR/texinfo_document-6.4.90.pt_BR.po>
> ).
> 
> Normally, a PO file accepts UTF-8 and other charsets. I just don't know how
> it works for specifically texinfo. If UTF-8 is preferable, then I'll
> contact the translator about it.
> 
> My question: What is the correct for special characters in texinfo's PO
> files - to use texinfo's syntax, or to use UTF-8 (or whatever charset)?

Both are correct, as far as I know.  I'm not aware that either is preferred.