Project.po file duplication of resource strings
lazarus / 9-Editor

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Windsurfer · 2014-02-17 10:48

I am using Laz 1.2RC2, Linux Mint 16 Cinnamon on an intel i7 laptop.

I have converted all of the strings etc in my project to resource
strings using Source|Refactoring|Make Resource string. This works very
well. It replaces the string and declares the new resource string in
the Resourcestring section of the interface.

This happens whether there is a resourcestring section is in each unit
or there is a single resourcestring unit that is referred to by all
units.

However, when the code is compiled both the resource string
declaration and the resource string in the code are placed in the
project.po file as separate entries. This seems to be an unnecessary
duplication, because (if I understand correctly) the declared resource
string is a place holder in memory that the (say) project.de.po file
translations will be read into. The references will than be taken from
there. Is it really necessary to have the duplication in the po file?

Would it be better to just copy the declarations into the project.po
file, and save the double translation.