Re: [Freeciv-Dev] i18n for all eternity

[Alex Sandro Queiroz <asandro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, David Pfitzner wrote:

> Um, the reason is in the text included above.  Let me re-state:  
> if you use one big file, it will be hard to keep track of which 
> translations are up-to-date.  If you use gettext markings and 
> tools, this is handled mostly automatically.  Since the base 
> (English) helptext tends to have steady changes (sometimes small, 
> sometime big), I think this is a significant issue.
> 

        Well, I guess the main reason to split helpdata.txt from source,
in early days, was to allow modifications without a recompile. Since after
i18n modifications made to that file will require regeneration of the .mo
files, that won't be anymore.
        Combining helpdata with sources will help keeping the translations
up-to-date, however, it will change a lot of code... Just something to
think about.

  --Alex asandro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx PET - Computacao/UFC
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