[Buildd-tools-devel] [Fwd: Re: Please translate schroot]

[Roger Leigh]

Luk Claes <luk at debian.org> writes:

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: Please translate schroot
> Resent-Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 15:38:33 -0500 (CDT)
> Resent-From: debian-i18n at lists.debian.org
> Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 22:30:39 +0200
> From: Denis Barbier <barbier at linuxfr.org>
> To: Luk Claes <luk at debian.org>
> CC: Debian i18n <debian-i18n at lists.debian.org>
> References: <44BCE68D.9020201 at debian.org>
>
> On Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 03:47:57PM +0200, Luk Claes wrote:
> [...]
>> #: dchroot/dchroot-chroot-config.cc:125
>> #, boost-format
>> msgid "%1% chroot (dchroot compatibility)"
>> msgstr ""
>> 
>> #: dchroot/dchroot-main-base.cc:60 schroot/schroot-main.cc:53
>> #, boost-format
>> msgid "schroot configuration generated by %1% %2% on %3%"
>> msgstr ""
>
> could you please add comments to explain what these %N% constructs
> are for?

> Adding the requested comments is a matter of adding the comments in the
> source code one line above the translatable string...

%n% is a C++ boost::format format string.  This is indicated by the
"boost-format" line added by xgettext to the potfile (note "--boost"
in XGETTEXT_OPTIONS in po/Makevars).  This is the same as a C printf
format string specifier, but is type-safe and indicates only the
position of the numbered argument.

It would be used like this:

std::cout
  << boost::format(_("Format string: %1% and %2%")) % arg1 % arg2
  << std::endl

In a translation, the %n% should be preserved verbatim, just like for
a %x C printf format string specifier.

This is a new feature of xgettext in gettext 0.15 (not yet released).


Regards,
Roger

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