diff --git a/po/wesnoth-editor/POTFILES.in b/po/wesnoth-editor/POTFILES.in
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+src/editor/action/action.cpp
+src/editor/action/action_label.cpp
+src/editor/action/action_unit.cpp
+src/editor/action/action_village.cpp
+src/editor/action/mouse/mouse_action.cpp
+src/editor/action/mouse/mouse_action_map_label.cpp
+src/editor/action/mouse/mouse_action_unit.cpp
+src/editor/editor_controller.cpp
+src/editor/editor_display.cpp
+src/editor/editor_main.cpp
+src/editor/map/context_manager.cpp
+src/editor/map/editor_map.cpp
+src/editor/map/map_context.cpp
+src/editor/map/map_fragment.cpp
+src/editor/palette/editor_palettes.cpp
+src/editor/palette/palette_manager.cpp
+src/editor/palette/terrain_palettes.cpp
+src/editor/palette/unit_palette.cpp
+src/editor/toolkit/brush.cpp
+src/gui/dialogs/editor_generate_map.cpp
+src/gui/dialogs/editor_new_map.cpp
+src/gui/dialogs/editor_resize_map.cpp
+src/gui/dialogs/editor_set_starting_position.cpp
+src/gui/dialogs/editor_settings.cpp