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poreencode

Takes a directory of existing PO files and converts them to a given encoding.

Prerequisites

GNU Gettext

Latest Version

poreencode is not currently distributed as part of the toolkit. You can get the latest version from CVS

Usage

poreencode <encoding> <PO directory>

Where:

encoding is the encoding you would like to convert to eg. UTF-8
PO directory is a directory of existing PO files

Its is best to backup files before the conversion or to perform it against CVS which prevents a potential loss of data.

Operation

poreencode makes use of the Gettext tool msgconv to perform its task. It traverses the PO directory and finds all PO file. It uses msgconv to convert the PO file from its existing encoding to the new encoding.

Bugs

Like most Gettext tools they do a little bit more than documented, msgconv will decide which strings are in fact fuzzy and delete fuzzy marking - not a lot but you do need to diff. It will also delete “#, review” entries that we use - which can be a real pain.