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[Kyle Nitzsche <kyle.nitzsche@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 01/14/2011 11:22 AM, Kevin Godby wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Kyle Nitzsche
> <kyle.nitzsche@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> > Not quite sure I understand. We would want "team" translated once and only
> > once. Would it appear multiple times in po files though?
> This of \variable as simply a text-formatting command.  It does
> nothing more than italicize its argument and wrap it with snazzy angle
> brackets.  So each time you type \variable{text}, it will appear
> (separately) in the .pot file [in the same manner that \textbf{text}
> would].
>
> --Kevin
I see now. I thought it was an implementation of variable functionality per se, 
so you could define the value once and use it throughout.

Cheers,
Kyle