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From: Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>
To: The development of GNU GRUB <grub-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: gettextize normal/menu_text.c (print_timeout)
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:50:32 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091126015032.GA32241@thorin> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20091125225422.GA1599@pina.cat>

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 10:54:22PM +0000, Carles Pina i Estany wrote:
> 
> I thought that Robert wanted to have 3 strings to translate, one per
> line, not one long dynamic string.

Not at all! That would be even worse :-)

The problem is if we don't remove the newlines, we're putting a burden on
translators: they would have to check that their string fits well with our
terminal layout.

-- 
Robert Millan

  The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and
  how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we
  still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."



      reply	other threads:[~2009-11-26  1:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-11-22 23:50 gettextize normal/menu_text.c (print_timeout) Carles Pina i Estany
2009-11-23 12:04 ` Robert Millan
2009-11-25  0:08   ` Carles Pina i Estany
2009-11-25  0:30     ` Carles Pina i Estany
2009-11-25 18:55       ` Robert Millan
2009-11-25 22:09         ` Carles Pina i Estany
2009-11-25 22:21           ` Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
2009-11-25 22:54             ` Carles Pina i Estany
2009-11-26  1:50               ` Robert Millan [this message]

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