Re: [school-discuss] Linux Tablets?

[Micheal Cooper <mcooper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2007/10/20, at 8:12, Bill Kendrick wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 10:12:20AM +0900, Micheal Cooper wrote:
> > The documentation group has a document, and the deadline is ASAP.
> > Ideally within a week. I have just started working with them and am
> > still figuring out the terrain.
>
> For less intense deadlines, apparently there's a tool that converts  
> XML
> (e.g., HTML) into PO files for translators.  I've been asked to  
> create PO
> files for the Tux Paint website content, to make it easier for  
> translators
> to work with.  (Right now, they need to edit/create the content as  
> HTML/PHP
> and email it to me or commit it back to CVS.)
>
> I believe it's "xml2po", and appears to be part of the gnome-doc- 
> utils package.

Thank you. If you don't mind me asking dumb questions, would PO files  
be a good solution for a manual? I have only used them for  
localization of software. This is actually  a document, a user's  
manual for students, teachers, and parents, so it is a 15-page  
document. Is PO useful for documents?

mec