PO files generation

[putnik]

Now setup.py generate_pot create/update files with only 12 messages.

[davvid]

This area is not really my forte, but I'll happily accept patches and guidance...

I dusted off my memory about what python setup.py build_pot is doing and I realized now what we need to do (I didn't actually know this until reading the code now).

All of the strings needing translation should be marked with N_('the string'). The first step is we should add a null translation marker in cola/core.py:

def N_(message):
    return message

... and then all the UI strings should use N_('the string') so that they are picked up.

Do you know which process is best for translators? Should I be generating a .pot file and checking it into the repo after the strings have been marked? I should probably read up on it some more.

[davvid]

I've marked all strings using N_("the string"). When I run python setup.py build_pot it now creates .po files with lots of messages. What's the normal workflow? Do I check in the generated .pot file?