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| author | Dave Whiteland <dave@mysociety.org> | 2015-01-22 16:50:01 +0000 |
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| committer | Dave Whiteland <dave@mysociety.org> | 2015-01-22 16:50:01 +0000 |
| commit | ec0513e4de84be878d302bbfc37d48042c4bb7fc (patch) | |
| tree | b190ac6d8c8d351ebeeb1bf6c19cfeec1da44b0b /docs | |
| parent | f43fb14fd240fe169347b7db7417ab901f87335f (diff) | |
add explanation to po glossary entry for gettext
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/glossary.md | 18 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/docs/glossary.md b/docs/glossary.md index 6da8b056a..d32ce6278 100644 --- a/docs/glossary.md +++ b/docs/glossary.md @@ -505,12 +505,13 @@ Definitions <a name="po"><code>.po</code> file</a> (and <code>.pot</code> file) </dt> <dd> - These are the files needed by the gettext mechanism Alaveteli uses for - localisation. A <code>.pot</code> file is effectively a list of all the - strings in the application that need translating. Each <code>.po</code> - file contains the mapping between those strings, used as keys, and their - translations for one particular language. The key is called the - <em>msgid</em>, and its corresponding translation is the <em>msgstr</em>. + These are the files needed by the <code>gettext</code> mechanism Alaveteli + uses for localisation. A <code>.pot</code> file is effectively a list of + all the strings in the application that need translating. Each + <code>.po</code> file contains the mapping between those strings, used as + keys, and their translations for one particular language. The key is called + the <em>msgid</em>, and its corresponding translation is the + <em>msgstr</em>. <div class="more-info"> <p>More information:</p> <ul> @@ -527,6 +528,11 @@ Definitions website, which lets translators work on Alaveteli in a browser, without needing to worry about this underlying structure. </li> + <li> + See more about the + <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/"><code>gettext</code> + system</a>. + </li> </ul> </div> </dd> |