This is the general template for translating messages in Vim 6.1 using the Xgettext format. It contains all English messages in the (untranslated) form: msgid "ABC" - English text msgstr "" - candidate language To translate Vim 6.1 messages, proceed line-by-line, taking care not to translate commands and options specific to the editor. See the GNU 'gettext' man-page for more info and details on this. This vim.pot should be used only with v. 6.1 to translate to any language. When Vim versions advance, a standard vim.po must be created from the newer sources, as explained in Vim goes INTL.