On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 11:43:36AM +0100, Nicolas François wrote:
 
 > Just one question. Is there a reason to convert the original "\ " to
"\\ " 
 > in the po file? (idem for "\\-"). I've opened it in a po editor and it
 > shows \\. It would be easier for translators to have just one \, but I 
 > don't know if it's done to distinguish them from other constructions.
 
 Yes, one \ would be easier (to write and read), but I think msgid and
 msgstr are C strings, and \ need to be escaped into \\ (I may be wrong on
 this, maybe it is not mandatory). 
I think so too. 
Bye, Mt.