Re: What encoding to use for the translations
- From: Keld Jørn Simonsen <keld dkuug dk>
- To: Karl Eichwalder <keichwa gmx net>
- Cc: gnome-i18n gnome org, gnome-hackers gnome org
- Subject: Re: What encoding to use for the translations
- Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 13:04:25 +0200
On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 12:54:04AM +0200, Karl Eichwalder wrote:
> Christian Rose <menthos@menthos.com> writes:
>
> > For Gnome 2.0 we have have decided upon using UTF-8 for all
> > translations. So when Gnome 2.0 gets closer, we will have to convert
> > all translations into UTF-8.
>
> It isn't nice to force all translators to use UTF-8. If UTF-8 is
> required for GNOME 2.0 you can use 'msgconv' (from gettext cvs) before
> calling 'msgfmt'.
Why cant we use gettext to automatically convert to utf-8 when needed?
The automatic conversion is an integral part of gettext as of today.
Kind regards
Keld
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