genpopo seems to do its job now

web/html/index.php

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 <?
-print "Hello, world!<br/>\n";
+include_once("index_po.inc");
+
+print _("Hello, world!")."<br/>\n";
+print _("Hello, again!")."<br/>\n";
+print _("Julie was here!")."<br/>\n";
+print _("Abernathy was here!")."<br/>\n";
+
 ?>

web/lang/common_po.inc

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?
+# INSTRUCTIONS TO TRANSLATORS:
+# blah blah blah....
+	
+?>

web/lang/index_po.inc

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?
+# INSTRUCTIONS TO TRANSLATORS:
+# blah blah blah....
+	
+$_t["en"]["Julie was here!"] = "Julie was here!";
+# $_t["es"]["Julie was here!"] = "--> Spanish translation here. <--";
+# $_t["fr"]["Julie was here!"] = "--> French translation here. <--";
+# $_t["de"]["Julie was here!"] = "--> German translation here. <--";
+
+$_t["en"]["Hello, again!"] = "Hello, again!";
+# $_t["es"]["Hello, again!"] = "--> Spanish translation here. <--";
+# $_t["fr"]["Hello, again!"] = "--> French translation here. <--";
+# $_t["de"]["Hello, again!"] = "--> German translation here. <--";
+
+$_t["en"]["Hello, world!"] = "Hello, world!";
+# $_t["es"]["Hello, world!"] = "--> Spanish translation here. <--";
+# $_t["fr"]["Hello, world!"] = "--> French translation here. <--";
+# $_t["de"]["Hello, world!"] = "--> German translation here. <--";
+
+$_t["en"]["Abernathy was here!"] = "Abernathy was here!";
+# $_t["es"]["Abernathy was here!"] = "--> Spanish translation here. <--";
+# $_t["fr"]["Abernathy was here!"] = "--> French translation here. <--";
+# $_t["de"]["Abernathy was here!"] = "--> German translation here. <--";
+
+?>

web/utils/genpopo

@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ force = '-f' in sys.argv
 import re, os
 up = re.compile('_\(\s*"(([^"]|(?<=\\\\)["])+)"')
 
-lang = { 'common_po.po': {} }
+lang = { 'common_po.inc': {} }
 
 current_dir = os.getcwd()
 
-# Find the common_po.po file.
+# Find the common_po.inc file.
 #
 common = {}
 for dir in ['../lang', 'lang']:
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ for dir in ['../lang', 'lang']:
 			for line in lines:
 				if line[0] != '#':
 					common[line[:-1]] = 0
-					lang['common_po.po'][line[:-1]] = 1
+					lang['common_po.inc'][line[:-1]] = 1
 			os.chdir(current_dir)
 			break
 		os.chdir(current_dir)
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ for dir in ['../html', '../lib', 'html', 'lib']:
 			for line in lines:
 				match = re.search("include(_once|)\s*\(\s*[\"']([A-Za-z_]+_po.inc)[\"']\s*\);",line)
 				if match and match.group(2) != "common_po.inc":
-					po = match.group(2).replace(".inc",".po")
+					po = match.group(2)
 					if not lang.has_key(po):
 						lang[po] = {}
 					parse_file = 1
@@ -111,9 +111,7 @@ for dir in ['../html', '../lib', 'html', 'lib']:
 # if they do exist, only append new stuff to the end.  If the 'force'
 # option is passed, just overwrite the entire thing.
 #
-mapre = re.compile('^\$_t\["en\]["(.*)"].*$')
 os.chdir(lang_dir)
-
 if force:
 	# just going to overwrite any existing files
 	#
@@ -137,10 +135,64 @@ if force:
 		f.write("?>");
 		f.close()
 else:
-	# TODO left off here... need to leave existing file intact, and only
+	# need to leave existing file intact, and only append on terms that are new
-	# append on terms that are new
 	#
-	pass
+	mapre = re.compile('^\$_t\["en"\]\["(.*)"\].*$')
+	for po in lang.keys():
+		print "Updating %s..." % po
+		# first read in file contents so we can hash what already exists
+		#
+		try:
+			f = open(po, 'r')
+			new_file = 0
+		except:
+			new_file = 1
+
+		existing_terms = []
+		if not new_file:
+			contents = f.readlines()
+			f.close()
+
+			# remove PHP tags
+			#
+			stripped_contents = []
+			for line in contents:
+				if line.strip() not in ["<?", "?>"]:
+					stripped_contents.append(line)
+			contents = stripped_contents
+
+			# strip off beginning/ending empty lines
+			#
+			while contents[0] == '':
+				del contents[0]
+			while contents[-1] == '':
+				del contents[-1]
+			if contents[-1] == "\n":
+				del contents[-1]
+
+			# next, collect existing terms
+			#
+			for line in contents:
+				match = mapre.search(line)
+				if match:
+					existing_terms.append(match.group(1))
+
+		# now append any new terms to EOF
+		#
+		f = open(po, 'w')
+		f.write("<?\n")
+		if not new_file:
+			f.write("".join(contents))
+
+		for term in lang[po].keys():
+			if term not in existing_terms:
+				f.write("\n");
+				f.write('$_t["en"]["%s"] = "%s";\n' % (term, term))
+				f.write('# $_t["es"]["%s"] = "--> Spanish translation here. <--";\n' % term)
+				f.write('# $_t["fr"]["%s"] = "--> French translation here. <--";\n' % term)
+				f.write('# $_t["de"]["%s"] = "--> German translation here. <--";\n' % term)
+		f.write("\n?>");
+		f.close()
 
 # Print out warnings for unused and little-used common entries.
 #