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.