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NAME

6       msguntypot - update PO files when a typo is fixed in POT file
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SYNOPSIS

9       msguntypot -o old_pot -n new_pot pofiles ...
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DESCRIPTION

12       When you fix a trivial error which surely doesn't affect translations
13       (e.g.  a typo) in a POT file, you should unfuzzy the corresponding
14       msgstr in the translated PO files to avoid so extra work to the
15       translators.
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17       This task is difficult and error prone when done manually, and this
18       tool is there to help doing so correctly. You just need to provide the
19       two versions of the POT file: before the edition and after as marked in
20       the above synopsis, and it all becomes automatic.
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HOW TO USE IT

23       In short, when you discover a typo in one of your [english] message, do
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26       - Regenerate your POT and PO files.
27             make -C po/ update-po # for message program translations
28             debconf-updatepo      # for debconf translations
29             po4a po4a.conf        # for po4a based documentation translations
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31           or something else, depending on your project's building settings.
32           You know how to make sure your POT an PO files are uptodate, don't
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35       - Make a copy of your POT file.
36             cp myfile.pot myfile.pot.orig
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38       - Make a copy of all your files.
39             mkdir po_fridge; cp *.po po_fridge
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41       - Fix your typo.
42           $EDITOR the_file_in_which_there_is_a_typo
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44       - Regenerate your POT and PO files.
45           See above.
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47       At this point, the typo fix fuzzied all the translations, and this
48       unfortunate change is the only one between the PO files of your main
49       directory and the one from the fridge. Here is how to solve this.
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51       - Discard fuzzy translation, restore the ones from the fridge.
52             cp po_fridge/*.po .
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54       - Manually merge the PO files with the new POT file, but taking the
55       useless fuzzy into account.
56             msguntypot -o myfile.pot.orig -n myfile.pot *.po
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58       - Cleanups.
59             rm -rf myfile.pot.orig po_fridge
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61       You're done. The typo was eradicated from msgstr of both your POT and
62       PO files, and the PO files were not fuzzyied in the process. Your
63       translators love you already.
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SEE ALSO

66       Despite its name, this tool is not part of the gettext tool suite. It
67       is instead part of po4a. More precisely, it's a random Perl script
68       using the fine po4a modules. For more information about po4a, please
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AUTHORS

74        Martin Quinson (mquinson#debian,org)
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77       Copyright 2005 by SPI, inc.
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79       This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
80       under the terms of GPL (see the COPYING file).
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