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Op 12-01-11 14:44, Ask Hjorth Larsen schreef:
> On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 1:05 PM, lafeber-dumoleyn2
> <lafeber-dumoleyn2@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> > Op 12-01-11 11:34, Ask Hjorth Larsen schreef:
> > > Download the two po-files and run the command:
> > >
> > >    msgmerge lucid-po-file.po maverick-po-file.po>    merged.po
> > >
> > > This will move the translated messages over to the new po-file using
> > > fuzzy matching.  After this you'll still have to review the fuzzies,
> > > but this is much easier if you install a po diffing tool such as
> > > podiff from e.g. pyg3t[1] along with wdiff, which can be used to
> > > highlight the differences.  After that the po-file can be uploaded and
> > > completed e.g. on launchpad.
> > >
> > > [1] https://launchpad.net/pyg3t
> > Hi Ask,
> > Thank you for your tip. I have done what you described above, and now I have
> > a merged file (1661 strings, 400 not ready, 62 untranslated). This may be
> > the right starting point to continue with the translations of new versions,
> > providing that the maverick version is based on the Lucid version + extra
> > strings. I'm not sure if strings from lucid have been removed in the
> > maverick version. I will contact the manual guys about this.
> > I will not upload the merged file unless I am absolutely sure that the
> > result is right.
> > Regards,
> > Hannie

Hello Ask,
> It's unimportant whether strings have been removed, the main issue is
> that the existing ones are transferred.  If msgmerge produces a
> po-file with more entries in it than it should (I don't know why that
> sometimes happens), merge the msgmerged file into the maverick po-file
> again to get something with exactly the correct entries.
This I will do.
> I confirm that yes, this *is* the right way to continue with the
> translations (as was mentioned in the very first reply in this thread,
> so this should not come as a surprise by now)
I'm sorry that I haven't done it at that time, I probable didn't quite 
know how to do it.
One more question. I have installed wdiff, gave the command wdiff fileA 
fileB. This resulted in a lot of messages (about 500 lines) in the 
terminal. I copied and pasted those in my text editor. Is this how it works?
Regards,
Hannie
> , and indeed the exact
> reason why msgmerge exists.  It's the standard procedure when
> transferring translations when programmes are updated.