Re: [bug-gettext] libpeas Plugin file support

[Daiki Ueno]

Iñigo Martínez <address@hidden> writes:

> Actually I wasn't aware of the issue of the plugin files translation.
> I came across it by chance when trying to port totem to meson[0]. Once
> I figured out what was going on, I tried to solve the issue also
> considering the options you mentioned[1], but I ended thinking about
> those different options as workarounds for the real solution. Being
> aware of the impact this issue might have considering the number of
> applications that would benefit from a proper solution, I decided to
> implement it.

I totally agree, though I would like to avoid the case where similar
treatment is required for other .desktop file variants.

Perhaps more generic approach would be to implement "per-file options"
feature in xgettext[1], which would allow user to specify different
options for each file within the same po directory.

Footnotes: 
[1]  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gettext/2015-06/msg00006.html

Regards,
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Daiki Ueno