Re: po editor which makes use of "previous" feature

[Ask Hjorth Larsen <asklarsen@gmail.com>]

Hi

On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 8:21 AM, Tobias Quathamer <toddy@debian.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> for about one and a half years, gettext can add the previous content of
> a msgid in the automatic comments. This can ease the work of
> translators, because you're able to directly compare the old and new
> msgid and spot the difference.
>
> However, none of the po editors I've used so far is currently able to
> make use of this feature. I would imagine that the editor would show the
> previous msgid to the translator (apart from the generic "comment"
> display which quite a few editors already support). Ideally, the editor
> would be able to highlight the differences. And finally, after the
> translator has updated the msgstr, the comment part with the previous
> msgid should be deleted automatically.
>
> Does anyone know of an editor with such features? Or does anyone know if
> this is being worked on?
>
> Regards,
> Tobias
>
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>
>

Emacs' po-mode displays the actual po-file.  It also autoatically
deletes it when updating msgstr.  It does not highlight differences
though.

Regards
Ask