Poedit (formerly poEdit) is a shareware and cross-platform gettext catalog (.po file) editor to aid in the process of language localisation.[2] According to WordPress developer Thord Hedengren, Poedit is "one of the most popular programs" for editing portable language files.[3]
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| Developer(s) | Václav Slavík |
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| Initial release | 2001 |
| Stable release | 2.4.3[1]
/ April 26, 2021 |
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| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Windows, macOS, Unix-like |
| Platform | Cross-platform |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Type | Computer-assisted translation |
| License | Basic version: MIT License Pro version: Shareware - Windows, macOS |
| Website | poedit |
It is written in C++ and depends on some subclasses from the wxWidgets, but utilizes graphical control elements from the GTK library.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Release Version 2.4.3 · vslavik/Poedit". GitHub.
- ^ Arjona Reina, Laura; Robles, Gregorio; González-Barahona, Jesús M. (2013). "A Preliminary Analysis of Localization in Free Software: How Translations Are Performed". Open Source Software: Quality Verification. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Vol. 404. Springer. pp. 153–167. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-38928-3_11. ISBN 978-3-642-38927-6. S2CID 37472563.
Poedit is a cross-platform editor for .po files (gettext catalogs). It allows to configure the tool with the information related to the translator (name and email) and the environment, and every time a file is translated and saved, that information is included in the file.
- ^ Hedengren, Thord Daniel (27 March 2012). Smashing WordPress: Beyond the Blog. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-119-94366-2.
There are several ways to work with the portable language files. One of the most popular programs available is Poedit, which is available across platforms.
- ^ Julian Smart, Kevin Hock with, Stefan Csomor (2005). Cross-Platform GUI Programming with WxWidgets. Pearson Education. pp. 434–435. ISBN 9780321629975.
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