On 3/5/06, Tommy Reynolds <Tommy.Reynolds(a)megacoder.com> wrote:
It seems that xml2po(1) will sometimes expand entities and will
sometimes _not_ expand entities. There is a "-k" or a
"--keep-entities" that claims "Don't expand entities", but it
lies.
Evidently there is a fallback mode in xml2po(1) where *all* entities
are expanded. I know there is an "-e" or "--expand-all-entities"
switch, but I'm not using it.
For example, generate a .POT file:
$ cd example-tutorial
$ xml2po -o the.pot en_US/example-tutorial.xml
and then apply it (UNCHANGED!) against the original XML file using
various combinations of "-e", "-k" and no switches at all:
$ xml2po -o junk-e.xml -e -p the.pot en_US/example-tutorial.xml
$ xml2po -o junk-k.xml -k -p the.pot en_US/example-tutorial.xml
$ xml2po -o junk-plain.xml the.pot en_US/example-tutorial.xml
and then compare the files using diff(1). There are NO differences.
Anybody care to explain? Or suggest a work-around?
I've incidentally contacted the xml2po maintainer on a different
subject, and Danilo did indeed confirm that the -k option is currently
broken. He suggested somebody file a bug report at
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=xml2po
and he'll look at it if there's a lot of interest.
Regards,
Miloš