Re: [libreoffice-l10n] How does one find specific strings in the po files?

On 17/12/2011, at 11:16 AM, Olav Dahlum wrote:

> On 16/12/11 21:00, Donald Rogers wrote:
> > Thanks, Andras
> >
> > You said in the bug page (below): It happens when you use LibreOffice in other language than
> > your system locale. 
> > I always have that situation, and probably most Esperanto speakers would have another language 
> > that they use.
> >
> > I don't understand what you mean by "select the KeyID language...". I don't know what po-file 
> > the strings mentioned are in, so I don't know the KeyID. In the drop down list of the search 
> > field in Pootle there is an option "Locations". Is that where to put (a) known KeyID(s)?
> >
> > On the matter of searching for a particular string, I found that searching for "Open..." is 
> > problematic because the search program trims the dots off and one cannot specify entire words 
> > only, so I got openoffice, OpenGL etc - too many hits. Where is the place to propose an 
> > enhancement of this type? Do you think that it would be useful?
> >
> > Regards
> > Donald
>
> In many cases downloading the tree and parsing it with tools like grep
> or similar might be easier.
> You also benefit from having a offline compendium for later use, built
> from both recent and older
> translations. I previously used KBabel, and now its replacement
> Lokalize, for offline work. Much
> more manageable than translating in Pootle IMHO. I still do the easier
> bits directly in Pootle.
> E.g Andras updates the files in Pootle, so I don't have to work as I did
> in the past, leaving
> me more time to translate.
>
> – Olav

Hi

I have used KBabel and Lokalize previously too. I currently use gtranslator and download files for 
editing. The big advantage of all these tools is that if the string, or a very similar one, has 
been translated before (which is often the case), it pops up in the translation memory field and 
pressing a Ctrl key combination will copy it into the msgstr.

Thanks to all those who have commented.

Donald
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