Re: new module 'propername'

[Bruno Haible]

Eric Blake wrote:
> it looks like
> the extended specifier to --keyword was added in xgettext 0.15, but it
> needs literal " in its argument.  So, I ended up using this instead:
> 
>   --keyword=proper_name:1,'"This is a proper name. See the gettext manual, 
> section Names."' \
>   --keyword=proper_name_utf8:1,'"This is a proper name. See the gettext 
> manual, section Names."' \

You hit the nail on the head. The double-quotes must indeed be part of the
--keyword argument.

I'm applying this, and am sorry that I wasted an hour of your time on this.


2008-05-19  Bruno Haible  <address@hidden>

        * modules/propername (Notice, configure.ac): Put quoted "..." into
        --keyword option.
        * lib/propername.h: Update comments accordingly.
        Reported by Eric Blake.

*** lib/propername.h.orig       2008-05-20 01:46:35.000000000 +0200
--- lib/propername.h    2008-05-20 00:41:06.000000000 +0200
***************
*** 72,82 ****
       3) If you are using GNU gettext version 0.16.1 or older, in po/Makevars,
          in the definition of the XGETTEXT_OPTIONS variable, add:
  
!            --keyword=proper_name:1,"This is a proper name. See the gettext 
manual, section Names."
!            --keyword=proper_name_utf8:1,"This is a proper name. See the 
gettext manual, section Names."
  
          This specifies automatic comments for the translator. (Requires
!         xgettext >= 0.15.)
   */
  
  #ifndef _PROPERNAME_H
--- 72,83 ----
       3) If you are using GNU gettext version 0.16.1 or older, in po/Makevars,
          in the definition of the XGETTEXT_OPTIONS variable, add:
  
!            --keyword='proper_name:1,"This is a proper name. See the gettext 
manual, section Names."'
!            --keyword='proper_name_utf8:1,"This is a proper name. See the 
gettext manual, section Names."'
  
          This specifies automatic comments for the translator. (Requires
!         xgettext >= 0.15. The double-quotes inside the quoted string are on
!         purpose: they are part of the --keyword argument syntax.)
   */
  
  #ifndef _PROPERNAME_H
*** modules/propername.orig     2008-05-20 01:46:36.000000000 +0200
--- modules/propername  2008-05-20 01:41:22.000000000 +0200
***************
*** 4,11 ****
  Notice:
  If you are using GNU gettext version 0.16.1 or older, add the following 
options
  to XGETTEXT_OPTIONS in your po/Makevars:
!   --keyword=proper_name:1,'This is a proper name. See the gettext manual, 
section Names.'
!   --keyword=proper_name_utf8:1,'This is a proper name. See the gettext 
manual, section Names.'
  
  Files:
  lib/propername.h
--- 4,11 ----
  Notice:
  If you are using GNU gettext version 0.16.1 or older, add the following 
options
  to XGETTEXT_OPTIONS in your po/Makevars:
!   --keyword='proper_name:1,"This is a proper name. See the gettext manual, 
section Names."'
!   --keyword='proper_name_utf8:1,"This is a proper name. See the gettext 
manual, section Names."'
  
  Files:
  lib/propername.h
***************
*** 26,33 ****
  
  configure.ac:
  m4_ifdef([AM_XGETTEXT_OPTION],
!   [AM_XGETTEXT_OPTION([--keyword=proper_name:1,'This is a proper name. See 
the gettext manual, section Names.'])
!    AM_XGETTEXT_OPTION([--keyword=proper_name_utf8:1,'This is a proper name. 
See the gettext manual, section Names.'])])
  
  Makefile.am:
  lib_SOURCES += propername.h propername.c
--- 26,33 ----
  
  configure.ac:
  m4_ifdef([AM_XGETTEXT_OPTION],
!   [AM_XGETTEXT_OPTION([--keyword='proper_name:1,\"This is a proper name. See 
the gettext manual, section Names.\"'])
!    AM_XGETTEXT_OPTION([--keyword='proper_name_utf8:1,\"This is a proper name. 
See the gettext manual, section Names.\"'])])
  
  Makefile.am:
  lib_SOURCES += propername.h propername.c