From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
To: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 24/25] gettextize: git-status basic messages
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 15:47:21 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100902204721.GF2531@burratino> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTin1ew1nXLwEoyMqMRkZpr6xq2rebRDmVVgA2BLr@mail.gmail.com>
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
> Maybe, but my current mode of operation is "do it really simple and
> stupid now, solicit complaints later".
>
> Eventually I'd rather just eliminate the need for tweaking stuff like
> that by having some va_args function that spews out "16" for that
> given a bunch of arguments, i.e. (pseudocode):
>
> int width = gimme_longest(
> _("both deleted:"),
> _("added by us:"),
> _("deleted by them:"),
> _("added by them:"),
> _("deleted by us:"),
> _("both added:"),
> _("both modified:")
> );
>
> char *fmt = concat("%-", width + 4, "s%s\n");
> printf(fmt, ...)
Using %-*s%s like that does sound nice, but then I have to wonder
about the 4. Maybe the space-constrained translator would want to
decrease the margin to 2.
Which is why "when the output is intended for humans, let translators
do whatever they want" seems to me like the simplest principle to
follow. But you're right that it doesn't matter much and we can
always wait for bug reports.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-09-02 20:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 63+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-09-01 20:43 [PATCH 00/13] gettextize the first 4 C mainporcelain common commands Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-01 20:43 ` [PATCH 01/13] git-clone: use builtin.h to get gettext.h Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-01 20:43 ` [PATCH 02/13] gettextize: git-clone basic messages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-01 20:43 ` [PATCH 03/13] gettextize: git-clone "Cloning into" message Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-01 20:43 ` [PATCH 04/13] gettextize: git-add basic messages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-01 20:43 ` [PATCH 05/13] gettextize: git-add refresh_index message Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-02 4:21 ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-09-01 20:43 ` [PATCH 06/13] gettextize: git-branch basic messages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-01 20:43 ` [PATCH 07/13] gettextize: git-branch "remote branch '%s' not found" message Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-01 20:44 ` [PATCH 08/13] gettextize: git-branch "git branch -v" messages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-01 20:44 ` [PATCH 09/13] gettextize: git-branch "(no branch)" message Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-01 20:44 ` [PATCH 10/13] gettextize: git-checkout: our/their version message Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-01 20:44 ` [PATCH 11/13] gettextize: git-checkout basic messages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-01 20:44 ` [PATCH 12/13] gettextize: git-checkout describe_detached_head messages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-01 20:44 ` [PATCH 13/13] gettextize: git-checkout "Switched to a .. branch" message Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-02 19:40 ` [PATCH 00/25] [CONTINUED] gettextize all C mainporcelain common commands Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-02 19:40 ` [PATCH 01/25] gettextize: git-commit basic messages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-02 19:40 ` [PATCH 02/25] gettextize: git-commit formatting messages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-02 19:40 ` [PATCH 03/25] gettextize: git-commit advice messages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-02 19:40 ` [PATCH 04/25] gettextize: git-diff basic messages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-02 19:40 ` [PATCH 05/25] gettextize: git-fetch " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-02 19:40 ` [PATCH 06/25] gettextize: git-fetch formatting messages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-02 19:59 ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-09-02 20:13 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-02 20:28 ` Jeff King
2010-09-02 20:48 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-02 19:40 ` [PATCH 07/25] gettextize: git-grep basic messages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-02 19:40 ` [PATCH 08/25] gettextize: git-log " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-02 19:40 ` [PATCH 09/25] gettextize: git-format-patch --cover-letter message Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-02 19:40 ` [PATCH 10/25] gettextize: git-merge basic messages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-02 20:09 ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-09-02 20:30 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-02 20:37 ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-09-02 20:54 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-02 21:13 ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-09-02 22:45 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-02 23:04 ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-09-03 12:13 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-03 17:51 ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-09-03 18:06 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-03 13:01 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-02 19:40 ` [PATCH 11/25] gettextize: git-merge "In-index merge" message Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-02 19:40 ` [PATCH 12/25] gettextize: git-merge "Merge made by %s." message Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-02 19:40 ` [PATCH 13/25] gettextize: git-merge remaining cmd_merge messages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-02 19:40 ` [PATCH 14/25] gettextize: git-mv basic messages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-02 19:40 ` [PATCH 15/25] gettextize: git-mv "bad" messages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-02 19:40 ` [PATCH 16/25] gettextize: git-rm basic messages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-02 19:40 ` [PATCH 17/25] builtin: use builtin.h in git-reset Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-02 19:40 ` [PATCH 18/25] gettextize: git-reset basic messages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-02 19:40 ` [PATCH 19/25] gettextize: git-reset reset_type_names messages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-15 11:17 ` Peter Krefting
2010-09-15 15:50 ` Thomas Rast
2010-09-02 19:40 ` [PATCH 20/25] gettextize: git-tag basic messages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-02 19:40 ` [PATCH 21/25] gettextize: git-tag tag_template message Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-02 19:40 ` [PATCH 22/25] gettextize: git-push basic messages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-02 19:40 ` [PATCH 23/25] builtin: use builtin.h in git-status Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-02 19:40 ` [PATCH 24/25] gettextize: git-status basic messages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-02 20:28 ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-09-02 20:41 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-02 20:47 ` Jonathan Nieder [this message]
2010-09-02 19:40 ` [PATCH 25/25] gettextize: git-status shortstatus messages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-02 20:25 ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-09-02 20:34 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
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