Re: bug in po-mode?

[Karl Eichwalder]

address@hidden (Rasmus Resen Amossen) writes:

> I'm having troubles with the po-mode in pluralfors. The following is 
> exactely what I do:

Sigh, it's broken again.  I'm very sorry.

> I then run "xgettext --keyword=_ -i locale.php". This generates the 
> file "messages.po" (why not "messages.pot"?):

Probably for historic reasons.  BTW, this is the first time I see
someone using the --indent switch!

> Now I run "msginit -lda_DK -i messages.po" which generates the file "da.po":
> The problem is now that po-mode WON'T let me edit the "msgstr[1]". If I try 
> to (place the curser on "msgstr[1] and press ENTER"), Emacs comes with the 
> following error:
>
> -----Error start-----
> Search failed: "^\\(#~[         ]*\\)?msgid.*
> \\(\\(#~[       ]*\\)?\".*
> \\)*"
> -----Error end-----

I'm able to reproduce it and will try to find a proper solution.  It kind of
works, if the plural contaminated entry isn't the very last message of the
.po file, though...

> What to do?

For the moment, please edit plural entries in plain text mode
(fundamental mode):

    . escape from po-mode pressing 'E'; confirm with "yes"

    . edit the entry.

    . enter 'M-x po-mode RET' to enable po-mode again and continue as
      usual.

> By the way: If there are more than 2 pluralis forms given in the "Plural-
> Forms" header tag, how can I create all the msgstr[N]-tags needed for 
> these? I have only been able to create msgstr[0] and msgstr[1].

Escape from po-mode as explained above.  Proper functionality is still
missing.

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