Re: git-gui: i18n introductory document (2nd draft)

[Brett Schwarz <brett_schwarz@yahoo.com>]

> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Christian Stimming <Christian.Stimming@ibeo-as.com>
> To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
> Cc: git@vger.kernel.org; Irina Riesen <irina.riesen@gmail.com>; Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>; Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@bluebottle.com>; Paolo Ciarrocchi <paolo.ciarrocchi@gmail.com>; Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>; Xudong Guan <xudong.guan@gmail.com>; stimming@tuhh.de
> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 8:21:58 AM
> Subject: Re: git-gui: i18n introductory document (2nd draft)
>
> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> schrieb am 27.07.2007 01:31:06:
> > I have tried to address issues raised in Christian's comments on
> > the first draft that was circulated privately.
>

<snip>

>
> > + - Often the messages being translated are format strings given to
> > +   "printf()"-like functions.  Make sure "%s", "%d", and "%%" in your
> > +   translated messages match the original.
> > +
> > +   When you have to change the order of words, you can add "<number>$"
> > +   between '%' and the conversion ('s', 'd', etc.) to say "<number>-th
> > +   parameter to the format string is used at this point".  For example,
> > +   if the original message is like this:
> > +
> > +   "Length is %d, Weight is %d"
> > +
> > +   and if for whatever reason your translation needs to say weight first
> > +   and then length, you can say something like:

> > +
> > +   "WEIGHT IS %2$d, LENGTH IS %1$d"

Since we are using quotes for the strings, and Tcl will do a round of substitutions
 and will think those $d's are variables, you might want to change that to:

        "WEIGHT IS %2\$d, LENGTH IS %1\$d"

You also may want to add a note about why the backslash

> > +
> > +   [NEEDSWORK: this whole "parameter permutation" part needs to be
> > +   verified if it works with Tcl at all]
>

bschwarz@desk1:~$ tclsh
% package require msgcat
1.3.4
% namespace import ::msgcat::*
% mcset en_us_brett "L is %d, W is %d" "WEIGHT IS %2\$d, LENGTH IS %1\$d" 
WEIGHT IS %2$d, LENGTH IS %1$d
% mcset en_us "L is %d, W is %d" "Length is %d, Weight is %d"
Length is %d, Weight is %d
% mclocale en_us
en_us
% set length 74
74
% set weight 220
220
% mc "L is %d, W is %d" $length $weight
Length is 74, Weight is 220
% mclocale en_us_brett
en_us_brett
% mc "L is %d, W is %d" $length $weight
WEIGHT IS 220, LENGTH IS 74
% 

Seems to work...

Regards,
     --brett




       
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