Gettext Scanner

This vscode extension helps you scan your codebase for translatable strings, and generate the necessary gettext files.

Features

• Scan your codebase for translatable strings
• Refreshes the scanned strings
• Copy the msgid to clipboard
• Displays the msgids in a tree view

Requirements

• A workspace must be opened
• The extension must be enabled in the settings
• A valid scan path and po files path must be provided in the settings

Usage

1. Open the command palette (Ctrl+Shift+P or Cmd+Shift+P)
2. Type Gettext Scanner: Scan and press enter to scan your codebase for translatable strings
3. Type Gettext Scanner: Refresh and press enter to refresh the scanned strings
4. Type Gettext Scanner: Scan and Refresh and press enter to scan and refresh the scanned strings
5. Right click on a msgid in the tree view and select Copy msgid to copy the msgid to clipboard

Settings

• gettext-scanner.scanPath: The path to scan for translatable strings (required)
• gettext-scanner.poFilesPath: The path to the po files (required)
• gettext-scanner.enabled: Enable or disable the extension

Known Issues

None

Release Notes

0.0.1

• Initial release

0.0.2

• Fix bug where the extension would not scan the correct path

0.0.3

• Change the icon on the activity bar

0.0.4

• Add msgid to .pot file
• Add google translate functionality (still very much a work in progress)

0.0.5

• New decorator to highlight msgids on the active editor
• Scan the current file on save and refresh the decorator