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now that is a hacker!!!! can't figure out how I ran away from emacs and embraced vi/vim ;) 
I believe in the end we shall have to go for what works for each translator and then agree on where we get the final files reviewed and committed. 
These days I use mac os x at work with a Ubuntu VM in Vmware Fusion and debian/ubuntu on on home PC. The mac has poedit and the linux good ol' vim ;) 

Anthony 



From: "Greg Cunningham" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: "bemba translators" <ubuntu-l10n-bem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 4:22:57 PM 
Subject: [Ubuntu-l10n-bem] emacs for translation 

Hello team, 

I might as well admit it now - I'm an emacs-holic. There seemed to be 
good vibes about using emacs to productively bulk-edit translation 
files, so I investigated. There is a small po file download link in the 
attached email. You can get it if you're curious. 

Anyway if Emacs is your editor-du-jour, then you need the package 
gettext-el installed: 

sudo apt-get install gettext-el 

If you haven't got emacs installed, it might get pulled in as a 
dependency. 

Voila! Emacs now has a PO-mode. It color-highlights & smart-indents the 
file. After a few seconds trawling, it seems obvious where to add the 
translation strings. In fact the special "PO menu" that appears has all 
the nav & edit actions in it. 

-- 
Greg 

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