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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: help needed with "make messages"
From:       Andre Charbonneau <gexcfxyy () umail ! corel ! com>
Date:       2000-12-12 16:36:02
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Stephan Kulow wrote:

> Andre Charbonneau wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > I tried to do a "make messages" for a KDE's application and it seems
> > like
> > no .pot file was created.  For example,
> > ----------
> > /home/andrec/kde2.0.1/kdebase-2.0.1/kcontrol/keys# make messages
> > /usr/bin/xgettext keyconfig.cpp savescm.cpp main.cpp -o /kcmkeys.pot
> > warning: file `keyconfig.cpp' extension `cpp' is unknown; will try C
> > warning: file `savescm.cpp' extension `cpp' is unknown; will try C
> > warning: file `main.cpp' extension `cpp' is unknown; will try C
> > /home/andrec/kde2.0.1/kdebase-2.0.1/kcontrol/keys#
> > ----------
> > 
> > I cannot find the newly created .pot file on my system.  Where should it
> > be located?
> It's isn't that easy - it's not easy at all :)
> The messages targets are just helper functions for admin/Makefile.common
> where you have packages-messages which calls them in the right way and
> creates also the rc.cpp files. But these functions rely on a env var podir
> set and an includedir set to where the kde.pot is, etc. As I said - not
> that easy.
>

rc.cpp?  What is this file used for?
If I can't just do a "make messages" for an application, how can I 
regenerate the pot files for an application?

Thanks,
-- 
Andre Charbonneau
GNU Linux software developer - Globalization
Corel Corporation
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