[Po4a-devel] Length of messages

[Hannie Dumoleyn]

Hi developers,
As a member of the Ubuntu Manual Project, http://ubuntu-manual.org/, I 
have a question on how po4a splits text in separate messages.
Our manual can be translated on Launchpad, but the problem is that many 
of the individual messages (msgid) are too long.
Here is an example of a long string:
https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu-manual/precise/+pots/ubuntu-manual/nl/+translate?field.alternative_language=&field.alternative_language-empty-marker=1&show=untranslated&memo=10&start=10
\advanced{A \acronym{MAC} address is a hardware address for your 
computer's network card. Entering this information is sometimes 
important when using a cable modem connection. If you know the 
\acronym{MAC} address of your network card, this can be entered in the 
appropriate text field in the \button{Wired} tab of the editing window. 
To find the MAC addresses for all installed networking devices, open a 
terminal window, and at the command line prompt, type 
\userinput{ifconfig}. This will display a lot of information about each 
of the network devices installed on the computer. The wired devices will 
be labeled as \textfield{LAN0}, \textfield{LAN1}, etc. The wireless 
devices will appear as \textfield{WLAN0}, \textfield{WLAN1}, etc.}

My question is this:
Is it possible to split text after every . (dot)?

Regards,
Hannie Dumoleyn
Member of The Ubuntu Manual Project
Member of Ubuntu Dutch Translators