Re: xgettext and the comments at the top of the .pot file

[Bruno Haible]

Phil Edwards wrote:

> When using a command such as
>
>    xgettext --default-domain=foo --join-existing -o .../foo.pot  ...
>
> is there any way to tell xgettext to /not/ regenerate the comments at the
> top of the foo.pot file?

Yes. It's the --omit-header option.

> package maintainers would get sick of rewriting this text each time a new
> string literal is extracted.

The header of the POT file is meant as a template that is filled out
by the translator, either by running "msginit" or manually. See the
gettext manual, section "Creating a New PO File". The package
maintainers don't need to fiddle with it.

Bruno