Gettext : How to update po and pot files after the source is modified

Question

I've got a python project with internationalized strings. I've modified the source codes and the lines of the strings are changed, i.e. in pot and po files lines of he strings are not pointing to correct lines.

So how to update the po and pot files to new string locations in files.

score 19 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 07 '17 at 11:51

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You could have a look to this script to update your po files with new code. It use xgettext and msgmerge.

echo '' > messages.po # xgettext needs that file, and we need it empty
find . -type f -iname "*.py" | xgettext -j -f - # this modifies messages.po
msgmerge -N existing.po messages.po > new.po
mv new.po existing.po
rm messages.po

edited Feb 07 '17 at 11:51

Flimm

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answered Sep 21 '11 at 09:17

Cédric Julien

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This is great that you combine the two commands I need into one. +1 – Etienne Marais Jul 23 '12 at 14:54
@Manu : There is a [gettext for windows](http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gettext.htm) – Cédric Julien Oct 19 '12 at 12:14

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 24 '13 at 02:38

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Using autoconf and automake you can simply change into the po subdirectory and run:

make update-po

or:

make update-gmo

answered Nov 24 '13 at 02:38

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 26 '21 at 23:29

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For those who use meson:

<project_id>-pot and <project_id>-update-po.

E.g. for iputils project:

$ dir="/tmp/build"
$ meson . $dir && ninja iputils-pot -C $dir && ninja iputils-update-po -C $dir

SOURCE: https://mesonbuild.com/i18n-module.html

answered Aug 26 '21 at 23:29

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Gettext : How to update po and pot files after the source is modified

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