sven@xxxxxxxx (2001-10-02 at 1857.47 +0200): > Hi, > > Christian Rose <menthos@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Hmm, would it be possible to make GIMP tips translatable in a po file in > > the future? That would probably ease translation, since gettext has some > > nice features: it's easy to compare the original message and the > > translation, easy to spot messages that changed or new messages, and so > > on. > > The messages could be put in a header file, or an XML file of some sort > > (if you use intltool/xml-i18n-tools). If it's too much to put in > > gimp.pot, it could be a translation catalog of its own. > > > > What do you think? > > I'm all for it. I have already considered doing such a change in gimp > HEAD. I'd favor a separate translation domain for the tips since we > could avoid to bind to this domain until the tips dialog is actually > shown. A header file with static strings should probably do the trick > most easily or do you think an XML file would give any advantages? > I vote for an XML file, if it matters. carol
