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We didn't need to generate it yet, because we are using xgettext to scan all your source code and generate .PO and .POT files
You should run Properties/Localize.bat
That will be automatically run when you compile in release mode. You can change it in your .csproj as it is an MSBuild task

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Is there a particular scenario where you think would be useful?

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As you I also use the methods _( ... ) in my application for translation.
But I was considering using something like [[[ message to localize ]]].
This is already being used by Angular.js and other applications.

Then I can have something like [[[message to localize /// comment]]] ... Or something else.

Having a class with a few methods which would look in files for such patterns and build the PO files would be useful. So I was considering using your approach but with [[[ ]]] ...

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BTW, don't you have an HTTP Module? I mean, when and where do you load the PO file for the current language ... I suppose this would be done on an HTTP Module, no?

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I think the limitation that comes here is xgettext which is pretty limited as the development stopped by 2009 or so.

Looks like for angularjs syntax there is already a module that can generate .po files.
Check it out. http://angular-gettext.rocketeer.be/

So, the question is rather, how can we merge the two .po files together so only having one .po file per language for all the source code (angular, c#, javascript etc.)

We don't need a HTTP module. For Javascript we do export a file called messages.json.
For C# / Razor (.chstml) You simply write _("some stuff {0}", arg).
That method is defined in the controller and the view if you inherit from LocalizableController and specify

    <pages pageBaseType="System.Web.Mvc.LocalizableWebViewPage">

into your ~/Views/Web.config

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I18NComplete seems smart enough, when loading .po files, it supports multiple files for the same language.
So you can have:

angular.en.po
i18n.en.po
``

They will be both loaded automatically.

if (!Localizations.TryGetValue(cultureHash, out l))
{
l = new Localization();
l.LoadFromFile(filename);
Localizations.Add(cultureHash, l);
}
else l.LoadFromFile(filename);

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I see ... That makes sense. At the moment I am doing something similar to you.

The main problem I have with mine / yours approach is using it in Attributes and other places like validators and so on ... I went for the same approach as in I18NComplete which creates LocalizedValidators and so on ...

But if I place [[[something]]] in attributes, cs code, and so on and intersect then on an HTTP Module then I can use localization everywhere without the need of using so many classes to allow the use of the _ methods.

I think I maybe build another version of I18NComplete using [[[ ]]] and compare the two ...

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