[sane-devel] translation question

[Henning Meier-Geinitz]

Hi,

On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 02:00:28AM +0100, Major A wrote:
> - Are the comments in the .po file that tell where a string is used
>   (file, line) automatically generated,

yes

> and if yes, how?

make update

>   If no, are they really necessary?

No, but they help to translate more compilcated word and phrases
because you know where the phrase is used.

By the way: You can add manual comments also, e.g. why you translated
something the way you did.

> (I would hate to have to update the file every time a backend
>   changes.)

You don't need to do that. The Makefile isn't smart enough to find out
if a word that should be translated is really changed by a backend
change. So just don't commit changes to the po files if they are only
concerning the automatic comments.

Bye,
  Henning