[Po4a-devel]Re: Translating NEWS.Debian files: a (crude) first try

[Martin Quinson]

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On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 04:42:07PM +0100, Jordi Vilalta wrote:
> Hello,
>=20
> On Tue, 1 Feb 2005, Jordi Vilalta wrote:
> >I might be wrong, but I think it's time to create a new module with comm=
on=20
> >functions used by several scripts, like the config file loading, or a=20
> >function to show wrapped messages using the proposed syntax in=20
> >https://alioth.debian.org/tracker/index.php?func=3Ddetail&aid=3D300889&g=
roup_id=3D30267&atid=3D410622
> >
> >Any ideas about this? What name should it take? (Common, Utils, Tools,=
=20
> >...?)
>=20
> I've begun working on it (with the temporary name "Common").

Cool! Thanks.

> While moving common parts of the scripts to this module, I've found an=20
> undocumented option in the po4a script: split. What does it do? It adds a=
=20
> big amount of code. Should it be documented or is it there just for testi=
ng?

No, it's an attempt to keep all the strings in separate po files,
corresponding each to a given master file. But after this try, I realized
that it is impossible to merge the files back after a modification. I cannot
guess which of the proposed translations is the old one and which is the
brand new reviewed one. So, we have to put all translations in the same po
file (and kill this dead code).

> hmm, I'm now thinking on posponing these big moves and concentrating in t=
he=20
> gcc-like syntax/wrapping stuff.

You're coding, you're the boss.
Mt.

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