From kde-i18n-doc  Sun May 07 20:27:59 2006
From: Nicolas Goutte <nicolasg () snafu ! de>
Date: Sun, 07 May 2006 20:27:59 +0000
To: kde-i18n-doc
Subject: Re: [RFC] Moving out KDE3 stuff out of trunk
Message-Id: <200605072228.00039.nicolasg () snafu ! de>
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On Sunday 07 May 2006 21:56, Nicolas Goutte wrote:
> On Sunday 07 May 2006 21:29, Bram Schoenmakers wrote:
> > Op zondag 07 mei 2006 21:13, schreef Nicolas Goutte:
> > > Putting a note is already possible in comments.
> >
> > But if you, as a translator, add a comment, it will be removed by
> > Scripty, isn't it?
>
> No, msgmerge only replaces/removes comments starting with #. and #,
> (and line references in the Uniforum format, which is not used in KDE).

To be precise: I meant "comment lines" not simply "comments", as comments in 
PO files are line-by-line.

>
> It is just recommended to have a space after the # for a normal comment, so
> that such a comment has no special meaning for msgmerge (not even in future
> versions).
>
> > Kind regards,
>
> Have a nice day!
>
> PS.: yes, Scripty used to remove all comments, but that was changed long
> ago, as it was useless, counter-productive and slow.