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why embedded content tag definition would work in PO but not in XML files
Thread poster: Hakan Kiyici
Hakan Kiyici
Hakan Kiyici  Identity Verified
Türkiye
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Dec 15, 2019

Hi

I have successfully used tag definition rules for the embedded content in PO files. I picked them from Paul Filkin's blog at multifarious.filkin.com

They worked perfectly fine. I used
(\\{2})?
%\d+
\$\[\w+\]
%\w+
\$\w+


The client serves the content in PO and XML files. But this time, due to some issues PO files have very long segments. XML files look have more manageable segments. But tag definitions do not work as in... See more
Hi

I have successfully used tag definition rules for the embedded content in PO files. I picked them from Paul Filkin's blog at multifarious.filkin.com

They worked perfectly fine. I used
(\\{2})?
%\d+
\$\[\w+\]
%\w+
\$\w+


The client serves the content in PO and XML files. But this time, due to some issues PO files have very long segments. XML files look have more manageable segments. But tag definitions do not work as in PO files. I put them both in project and main definitions.

The worst case I will have to create a custom XML, but it would take too much time for me.

Any idea?

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Giuliana Maltempo
Giuliana Maltempo
Argentina
Local time: 15:55
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English to Spanish
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You might need some coding here Dec 16, 2019

Let me see if I get you right. You need to convert/export the content of a .po file to an xml format?
If that is the case, you will need to define your target xml schema following the original .po schema. Then you will need some script to read the entries from the .po file and place each variable under the right xml tag.
I'm afraid I don't know if there is any software that does it automatically. Hopefully the procedure is very simple. If you get on well with coding, you can do it yo... See more
Let me see if I get you right. You need to convert/export the content of a .po file to an xml format?
If that is the case, you will need to define your target xml schema following the original .po schema. Then you will need some script to read the entries from the .po file and place each variable under the right xml tag.
I'm afraid I don't know if there is any software that does it automatically. Hopefully the procedure is very simple. If you get on well with coding, you can do it yourself easily with a gettext function. ▲ Collapse
 
Samuel Murray
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Netherlands
Local time: 20:55
Member (2006)
English to Afrikaans
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@Hakan Dec 16, 2019

Hakan Kiyici wrote:
I have successfully used tag definition rules for the embedded content in PO files. I picked them from Paul Filkin's blog at multifarious.filkin.com


I found the article on custom XML on that blog:
https://multifarious.filkin.com/2014/06/01/custom-xml/
but can you give us the link to the article about tag definition rules for PO files? I could not find that article.
 


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