[GRASS-dev] Scripting in Linux

[Glynn Clements]

Kim Besson wrote:

> Ok. I have tested what Antonio sent to the mailing list and the problem is
> that one: I used special characters in the Module/Option description.
> 
> So, it seems that I cannot use those special characters.
> My question is: If I want to add a text line in *.po files, regarding a
> description in a Script, in wich *.po file I have to add an extra line?

For scripts, the translation is performed by g.parser, which uses the
"grassmods" file.

> And how can I tell if it's a UTF-8 or a ISO-8859-* file?

At the top of the file, there should be a line like:

	"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15\n"

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>