[Lazarus] PoChecker possible cosmetical patch

Mattias Gaertner nc-gaertnma at netcologne.de
Fri Jun 27 15:15:51 CEST 2014


On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 13:09:06 +0200
Václav Valíček <vaclav at valicek.name> wrote:

> I prefer using dxGetText in my projects, but if Lazarus uses 
> resourcestrings, I must use resourcestrings when translating components. 
> I have experience with delphi 2010 translations (probbably same as 
> D2009) - and I wasn't very happy that I had to attach special 
> translation files, I wanted something text based. I started using 
> dxGetText... There is no problem for me if Lazarus does not translate 
> consts arrays during startup.

po files are text based.
There is a binary format: mo files, which saves some bytes. But those
few KB do not matter nowadays. 
Of course you can use other ways to load your resourcestrings. You
don't need to use po files.

Mattias




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