Merge or Split a String Catalog

Can you please clarify what you mean by "merge" and "split"? What exactly are you trying to accomplish? Thanks!

Merge: take two string catalog files and combine them into one Split: take one string catalog file and move some entries from it to a new one

The xcode xcstrings editor has no bulk operation methods or copy/paste for entries. It was easy to do this with the old strings files. Now one has to open the xcstrings file in a different text editor and to cut and paste blocks of json

@steve23 did you find any solutoins?

@isomoon @rakesha @steve23

Take a look at my article here:

https://fatbobman.com/en/posts/merging-swift-string-catalogs-in-a-multi-package-monorepo/

One year in, a major Xcode version later and the XCStrings editor is still a joke. Multi-select, cut, copy, paste should be trivial to add. Not sure if anybody at Apple is actually using this themselves. And even beyond the UI, the extraction is riddled with bugs (FB13206437, FB13190441).

That said, the easiest way I've found is to edit the file's XML. In Xcode, right click on the xcstrings files and select Open As › Source Code. It's tedious, because it's really verbose, but it works well enough for bulk changes.

I just wish Apple wouldn't waste all resources on AI, to make at least some room for fixes like this…

PS: To put my radar where my mouth is, I've filed FB15984899 for this interface and usability issue.