[xliff-tools] Commented entries

David Fraser davidf at sjsoft.com
Mon Apr 11 07:06:34 PDT 2005


Rodolfo M. Raya wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Many PO files include unused entries in this way:
>
>
> #~ msgid "Restart samba server"
> #~ msgstr "Reiniciar el servidor samba"
>
> #~ msgid "Valid Users:"
> #~ msgstr "Usuarios válidos:"
>
> Those entries correspond to string that are not present in the program 
> anymore. They should be stored in the skeleton and restored in the 
> translated PO file.
>
> This item is not mentioned in the PO Representation guide, but I 
> included support for this in the Java implementation.

Yes, this should be included

I must say I find this format of storing obsolete entries frustrating. 
It would seem far more logical to use #, obsolete or something like that 
to mark an entry obsolete. Anyway I'd better go and add proper support 
for obsolete entries to my parser...

David


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