Re: [Tails-l10n] Tech. tip: how to diff between normalized P…

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Assumpte: Re: [Tails-l10n] Tech. tip: how to diff between normalized PO files
On 14/11/12 22:14, intrigeri wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Ague Mill wrote (14 Nov 2012 13:12:08 GMT) :
>> Here is a small technical tip for someone who would like to check out
>> the differences between two PO files without caring about strings order,
>> line breaks or comments. You can do so by using a command line such as:
>
>>     diff -u <(msgfmt -o - translation/es/es.po | msgunfmt) \
>>             <(msgfmt -o - persistence-setup/po/es.po | msgunfmt)

>
>> The syntax is bash specific. Replace the paths to the two PO files you
>> are interested in comparing.
>
> Cool! I've already felt the need for something like this, but been too
> lazy to write it. This is really useful, and I'm happy to learn this
> bash specific syntax.
>
> I think it should go somewhere more visible and stable than INBOX, but
> I wonder where we can paste it in our wiki. I'm sure those of us who
> are more into l10n will find a suitable place, though (hint, hint).


I felt the same need and I've already seen such tricks being posted here
without a good place to be stored. So I created a l10n-tricks page. If
that works I guess we could have other trick pages related to git,
ikiwiki, etc.

https://tails.boum.org/contribute/l10n-tricks/

I guess mercedes508 already has some more things to post there.