Makevars revision 1.1 1 1.1 mrg # Makefile variables for PO directory in any package using GNU gettext.
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3 1.1 mrg # Usually the message domain is the same as the package name.
4 1.1 mrg DOMAIN = $(PACKAGE)
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6 1.1 mrg # These two variables depend on the location of this directory.
7 1.1 mrg subdir = po
8 1.1 mrg top_builddir = ..
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10 1.1 mrg # These options get passed to xgettext.
11 1.1 mrg XGETTEXT_OPTIONS = --keyword=_ --keyword=N_
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13 1.1 mrg # This is the copyright holder that gets inserted into the header of the
14 1.1 mrg # $(DOMAIN).pot file. Set this to the copyright holder of the surrounding
15 1.1 mrg # package. (Note that the msgstr strings, extracted from the package's
16 1.1 mrg # sources, belong to the copyright holder of the package.) Translators are
17 1.1 mrg # expected to transfer the copyright for their translations to this person
18 1.1 mrg # or entity, or to disclaim their copyright. The empty string stands for
19 1.1 mrg # the public domain; in this case the translators are expected to disclaim
20 1.1 mrg # their copyright.
21 1.1 mrg COPYRIGHT_HOLDER = XFree86
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23 1.1 mrg # This is the email address or URL to which the translators shall report
24 1.1 mrg # bugs in the untranslated strings:
25 1.1 mrg # - Strings which are not entire sentences, see the maintainer guidelines
26 1.1 mrg # in the GNU gettext documentation, section 'Preparing Strings'.
27 1.1 mrg # - Strings which use unclear terms or require additional context to be
28 1.1 mrg # understood.
29 1.1 mrg # - Strings which make invalid assumptions about notation of date, time or
30 1.1 mrg # money.
31 1.1 mrg # - Pluralisation problems.
32 1.1 mrg # - Incorrect English spelling.
33 1.1 mrg # - Incorrect formatting.
34 1.1 mrg # It can be your email address, or a mailing list address where translators
35 1.1 mrg # can write to without being subscribed, or the URL of a web page through
36 1.1 mrg # which the translators can contact you.
37 1.1 mrg MSGID_BUGS_ADDRESS = svu (a] users.sourceforge.net
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39 1.1 mrg # This is the list of locale categories, beyond LC_MESSAGES, for which the
40 1.1 mrg # message catalogs shall be used. It is usually empty.
41 1.1 mrg EXTRA_LOCALE_CATEGORIES =
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