Re: [PATCH] Add glossary that can be converted into a po file for each language.

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jul 24, 2007, 06:56 UTC
Message-ID: <7vk5sqi91m.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <200707232216.40300.stimming@tuhh.de>

Christian Stimming <stimming@tuhh.de> writes:

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> diff --git a/po/glossary/git-gui-glossary.txt b/po/glossary/git-gui-glossary.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..e079bb2
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/po/glossary/git-gui-glossary.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
> +"English Term (Dear translator: This file will never be visible to the user!)"	"English Definition (Dear translator: This file will never be visible to the user! It should only serve as a tool for you, the translator. Nothing more.)"
> +"amend"	""
> +"annotate"	""
> +"branch [noun]"	"A 'branch' is an active line of development."
> +"branch [verb]"	""
> +"checkout [noun]"	""
> +"checkout [verb]"	"The action of updating the working tree to a revision which was stored in the object database."
> +"commit [noun]"	"A single point in the git history."

I wonder.... couldn't this be written as a Tcl array that maps word to its definition, marked with [mc] 'gettext'ese, perhaps, glossary.tcl? Then perhaps git-gui can include it and have a user-visible glossary as part of its help system.

Am I dreaming, or too drunk?