+cin_dir=`basename "$1"`
+tmp_dir=`mktemp -d -p ${2:-/tmp} cin_XXXXXX`
+trap "rm -rf '$tmp_dir'" EXIT
+
+#need a copy of src dir for editing
+echo 1>&2 "copy"
+cp -a "$1" "$tmp_dir/."
+cd "$tmp_dir/$cin_dir"
+
+echo 1>&2 "edit"
+for d in guicast/ cinelerra/ plugins/*; do
+ if [ ! -d "$d" ]; then continue; fi
+ ls -1 $d/*.[Ch] $d/*.inc 2> /dev/null
+done | while read f ; do
+#qualifier is reset using #define MSGQUAL "qual_id"
+#this changes:
+# code C_("xxx") [... code _("yyy")]
+#to:
+# code D_("qual_id#xxx") [... code D_("qual_id#yyy")]
+ sed -n -i "$f" -f - <<<'1,1{x; s/.*/_("/; x}
+:n1 s/^\(#define MSGQUAL[ ]\)/\1/; t n4
+:n2 s/\<C_("/\
+/; t n3; P; d; n; b n1
+:n3 G; s/^\(.*\)\
+\(.*\)\
+\(.*\)$/\1\3\2/; b n2
+:n4 p; s/^#define MSGQUAL[ ]*"\(.*\)"$/D_("\1#/; t n5
+s/^.*$/_("/; h; d; n; b n1
+:n5 h; d; n; b n1
+'
+done
+
+#scan src and generate cin.po
+echo 1>&2 "scan"