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To: garbanzo@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: dperezs@xxxxxxx, freeciv-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx, bugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Freeciv-Dev] patch: registry improvements (PR#98)
From: David Pfitzner <dwp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 12:15:18 +1000 (EST)

Alex Zepeda <garbanzo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> WRT internationalization of the help, gettext is probably the wrong way to
> go.  I think that it would just be easier to i18n the phrases and strings
> in the program itself, and then forgo gettext and completely rewrite the
> help texts, and stick them in the appropiate subdirectory.

The preceived benefit of using gettext for the individual 
help entries is that it helps to keep track of which entries 
have up-to-date translations, and which entries have changed 
and may need re-translation.

-- David

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