> Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is how one would extract the actual strings (if one did not want to use a .bat file)?
Yes.
> pofile.class.php seems to create the _global.php file for each locale, and it still writes "if evo_main_whatever is undefined" plus a few other uncool bits.
Hmm, looks like it uses QP_MAIN_INIT already.
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is how one would extract the actual strings (if one did not want to use a .bat file)?
Yes.
> pofile.class.php seems to create the _global.php file for each locale, and it still writes "if evo_main_whatever is undefined" plus a few other uncool bits.
Hmm, looks like it uses QP_MAIN_INIT already.