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diff --git a/po/README.tools b/po/README.tools deleted file mode 100644 index 4ec99c1640..0000000000 --- a/po/README.tools +++ /dev/null @@ -1,58 +0,0 @@ -The po/ directory includes two perlscripts, which is done to help -making the translations fully uptodate. - -The first script is called update.pl and is supposed to be run like this: - - ./update.pl [OPTIONS] ...LANGCODE - -This will updates the pot file (the po template, generated from the source code) -and merge them with the translations po files. - -For instance to do this for Danish, type the following - - ./update.pl da - - -The update.pl script also supports other options, they are: - - -V, --version shows the version - -H, --help shows this help page - -P, --pot only generates the potfile - -M, --maintain search for missing files in POTFILES.in - -Especially the --maintain option is very handy for package maintainer, to check -if you included all the files that have marked strings in the POTFILES.in, so -they will be in the generated po template, the socalled pot file. - -There is though one thing to take notice of with this option, please check the -configure.in file to make sure that the files you add to POTFILES.in are being -build, otherwise this can leed to "make dist" throuble. - - -The other utility is the desk.pl script, which will check the cvs module for -missing translation in files like *.desktop, *.directory, *.soundlist and so on. - -Run the script like this: - - ./desk.pl [OPTIONS] ...LANGCODE ENTRY - -An example use could be. - - ./desk.pl da - -which will check all the files for missing Name[da] entries, or - - ./desk.pl no Comment - -which will check all the files for missing Comment[no] entries. "Comment" can -here be replaced with whatever you like - -All scripts support the --help option for further help, though it's not very -extensive for the moment. - -Kenneth Christiansen - -kenneth@gnu.org -kenneth@gnome.org - -Both scripts are copyright 2000 The Free Software Foundation and me. |