Hi,
Peter Hull wrote:
> I was not able to use the "," (po-tags-search) on a new C project. The
> code scanned through all files (leaving them all open in separate
> buffers) but did not find any translatable strings.
>
> To test this I set up a simple project with a single C file:
>
> #include <stdio.h>
>
> int main(void) {
> puts("Hello world");
> return 0;
> }
>
> I ran 'etags *.' to create the TAGS file.
That should be 'etags *.c', no? [1]
> I ran 'emacs main.po' to start emacs with a new PO file.
I also needed to
M-x load-file .../po-mode.el
and
M-x po-mode
> I pressed ','
>
> Expected result: "Hello world" string highlighted
> Actual result: no text highlighed and 'All files processed' appeared
> on the status line at the bottom.
When I do this (likewise in emacs 24.5.1) I get the prompt
Visit tags table (default TAGS): /current/dir/
Then after choosing the TAGS file it highlights the string literal
"Hello world".
> Am I using the gettext mode incorrectly or is there a bug in the mode?
>
> Emacs : version 24.5.1 (from Ubuntu 16.04)
> gettext : 0.19.7-2ubuntu3
> gettext-el : 0.19.7-2ubuntu3
> po-mode-version-string : "2.24"
I'd guess that the TAGS file is somehow incomplete.
Bruno
[1] https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/Marking.html
