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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: new gettext release / nice feature?
From:       Krzysztof Lichota <krzysiek () lichota ! net>
Date:       2006-12-04 7:18:20
Message-ID: 4573CBBC.4080301 () lichota ! net
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Frederik Schwarzer napisał(a):
> ==
> * msgmerge has a new option --previous that has the effect of saving the
>   previous msgid of message when making them fuzzy. These previous msgids are
>   stored in the resulting PO file, using a pseudo-comment syntax like this:
> 
>      #, fuzzy
>      #| msgid "too many arguments"
>      msgid "too few arguments"
>      msgstr "trop d'arguments"
> 
>   The translator then only needs to compare the previous and the current
>   msgid ("too many arguments" and "too few arguments"), and infer which
>   parts of the translation she needs to change.
> 
>   msgattrib has a new option --clear-previous that removes these #| lines.
> ==
> 
> I think this would fasten the maintenance process a lot.
> Since for most this would only be the case if kbabel understands the new 
> format, it is no thing to be done quick, but I would really like to see that 
> this is considered as a future option.

I would really love this feature, especially if combined with showing
diff between current msgid and previous msgid :)

What are the chances of using this gettext version (and --previous
option) in scripty? KBabel integration can wait, but we need support for
this in repository first :)

	Krzysztof Lichota (Polish team)


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