" Invoked with the name "vim.pot" and a list of Vim script names. | |
" Converts them to a .js file, stripping comments, so that xgettext works. | |
" Javascript is used because, like Vim, it accepts both single and double | |
" quoted strings. | |
set shortmess+=A | |
for name in argv()[1:] | |
exe 'edit ' .. fnameescape(name) | |
" Strip comments | |
g/^\s*"/s/.*// | |
" Write as .js file, xgettext recognizes them | |
exe 'w! ' .. fnamemodify(name, ":t:r") .. ".js" | |
endfor | |
quit |