2. PO Files and PO Mode Basics

The GNU gettext toolset helps programmers and translators at producing, updating and using translation files, mainly those PO files which are textual, editable files. This chapter stresses the format of PO files, and contains a PO mode starter. PO mode description is spread throughout this manual instead of being concentrated in one place. Here we present only the basics of PO mode.

2.1 Completing GNU gettext Installation
2.2 The Format of PO Files
2.3 Main PO mode Commands		Main Commands
2.4 Entry Positioning
2.5 Normalizing Strings in Entries