Hi, > given these 2 files: > > ----8<--- test1.pot ---------- > #, fuzzy > msgid "foo" > msgstr "foo" > ------------------------->8--- > > ----8<--- test2.pot ---------- > msgid "foo" > msgstr "" > ------------------------->8--- > > msgcat does not ignore empty translation from test2: > > $ msgcat test1.pot test2.pot > #, fuzzy > msgid "foo" > msgstr "" > "#-#-#-#-# test1.pot #-#-#-#-#\n" > "foo\n" > "#-#-#-#-# test2.pot #-#-#-#-#\n" > > while it correctly ignore it if we remove the fuzzy comment from test1: > > $ sed -i 's/#, fuzzy//' test1.pot && msgcat test1.pot test2.pot > msgid "foo" > msgstr "foo" > > is this a feature or a bug?
I see it as a feature. msgcat has a multitude of use-cases. For the use-case of concatenating POT files (which have 'msgstr ""' for *all* messages), it would be useless if msgcat would throw away messages with 'msgstr ""'. You can achieve what you want by preprocessing test2.pot (and maybe test1.pot as well?) with "msgattrib --translated". With msgattrib and msgcat together, you have great flexibility, depending on what you want to achieve. Bruno
