Re: [XaraXtreme-dev] Blank msgids in po file

[Alex Bligh <alex@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Neil,

> Looking at the po file, the first msgid is an empty string and the
> second is a space (see below).
>
> Is it straightforward for us to change these 2 id's so they contain at
> least 1 non-whitespace char or are they like this for a good reason?
>
> msgid   ""
> msgstr  "Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
>         "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: bugs@xxxxxxxx\n"
>         "POT-Creation-Date: 2006-06-09 12:05+0100\n"
>         "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
>         "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
>         "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@xxxxxx>\n"
>         "MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
>         "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
>         "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"

That one is deliberate. An empty message ID is reserved explicitly for
this purpose. I can't see this will be confusing his tools. xgettext
itself generates this.

> msgid   " "
> msgstr  ""

That's what I translate empty strings to. I bet this one is the culprit. I
can drop them instead if you like. Can you file a bug please so I don't
forget to fix it. In the mean time, all he need do is delete this string
(I hope).

Alex