====== poreencode ======

Takes a directory of existing PO files and converts them to a given encoding.

===== Prerequisites =====

GNU Gettext




===== Usage =====

  poreencode <encoding> <PO directory>

Where:

| encoding  | is the encoding you would like to convert to eg. UTF-8  |
| PO directory  | is a directory of existing PO files  |

Its is best to backup files before the conversion or to perform it against CVS
which prevents a potential loss of data.  


===== Operation =====

poreencode makes use of the Gettext tool [[man>msgconv]] to perform its task.  It
traverses the PO directory and finds all PO file.  It uses msgconv to
convert the PO file from its existing encoding to the new encoding.

===== Bugs =====

Like most Gettext tools they do a little bit more than documented, msgconv will
decide which strings are in fact fuzzy and delete fuzzy marking - not a lot but
you do need to diff (this probably related to #, fuzzy entries that are not 
placed in the place Gettext expects them).