diff src/po/README.txt @ 11900:39e46ae74c69 v8.0.0830

patch 8.0.0830: translating messages is not ideal commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/aaef1bae3cc331e7a7bb9c698e707c90cd4ded15 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Tue Aug 1 17:40:23 2017 +0200 patch 8.0.0830: translating messages is not ideal Problem: Translating messages is not ideal. Solution: Add a remark about obsolete messages. Use msgfmt in the check script. (Christian Brabandt)
author Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
date Tue, 01 Aug 2017 17:45:04 +0200
parents 49c12c93abf3
children 4f7081eb1e26
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--- a/src/po/README.txt
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@@ -84,7 +84,13 @@ language.
     You should include your name and E-mail address instead, for example:
 	msgstr "Berichten übersetzt bei: John Doe <john@doe.org>"
 
-(3) Clean up
+(3) Remove unused messages (optional)
+    Remove messages that have been marked as obsolete. 
+    Such messages start with "#~".
+
+    The cleanup script will also do that (see next step).
+
+(4) Clean up
     This is very important to make sure the translation works on all systems.
     Comment-out all non-translated strings.  There are two types:
     - items marked with "#, fuzzy"