[wp-hackers] I18n for plugins

[Sergey Biryukov]

On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 6:12 PM, Rich Pedley <elfin at elfden.co.uk> wrote:
> Using the online one does include the correct plural:
>
> #: eshop-widget.php:44 eshop-widget.php:164 eshop-shortcodes.php:44
> msgid "<span>%d</span> product in cart."
> msgid_plural "<span>%d</span> products in cart."
> msgstr[0] ""
> msgstr[1] ""
>
> but does not add what I think to be a necessary header - ie.
> "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=1;\n"
>
> (or similar)
>
> am I correct in thinking that that header should be in the POT file?

It's not included in wordpress.pot, so I guess not.

Plural-Forms header depends on the language, so it's up to translators
to include the proper header when translating.

Sergey