From ec0513e4de84be878d302bbfc37d48042c4bb7fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dave Whiteland <dave@mysociety.org>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 16:50:01 +0000
Subject: add explanation to po glossary entry for gettext

---
 docs/glossary.md | 18 ++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

(limited to 'docs/glossary.md')

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>
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