Re: [bug-gettext] xgettext cannot extract strings after ' in here-doc in shell script

[Didier Spaier]

On 22/04/2013 14:55, Андрей Черепанов wrote:
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> My shell script
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> #!/bin/sh
> fatal "first"
> cat <<EOF
> '
> EOF
> fatal "second"
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> Try to extract strings from script:
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> xgettext -L shell -kfatal --omit-header -o - ll
> #: ll:2
> msgid "first"
> msgstr ""
>
> Well, parser processes all contents from apostroph (') to the end of
> file as string.
>
> This situation is happened if script have odd numbers of string
> delimiters in here-doc in shell.
>
> Possible solution: ignore here-doc block in shell language.
I disagree with the proposed solution.

If the here document feeds another shell script to be written
by the first one, for instance, it would prevent the second
script's internationalization

Same if the here document feeds a 'dialog' command.

Didier