[freeciv-i18n] Re: header of the .po file printed on tech help

[Jason Dorje Short <jshort@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Christian Knoke wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 10:37:15PM -0500, Jason Dorje Short wrote:
> 
>>Genevieve Gracian wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I recently noticed that the header of the .po file is printed in the
>>>help screens about techs. I don't know if I messed up the fr.po of if
>>>this is due to delta patch. Can other translators say to me if that also
>>>happens for other languages ?
>>
>>If you translate the empty string this happens.  This is a "feature" of 
>>gettext.  Obviously we should not do it.
> 
> 
> But the first entry of every po file is such an entry. There is a reason why
> it exists in the first place, not?

This feature gives you the ability to access that information from 
within the program.  Still, I'm not sure why they did it that way.

jason