Comments on: Using substitution strings in .po files http://micropipes.com/blog/2009/09/01/using-substitution-strings-in-po-files/ because at 3am anything sounds good Thu, 13 May 2010 02:29:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: i18n HTML: Bring the Pain – yergler.net http://micropipes.com/blog/2009/09/01/using-substitution-strings-in-po-files/comment-page-1/#comment-57275 i18n HTML: Bring the Pain – yergler.net Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:21:29 +0000 http://micropipes.com/blog/?p=82#comment-57275 [...] always there when the session restores). One that I’ve meant to blog is Wil Clouser’s post on string substitution in .po files. It’s actually [at least] his second post on the subject, recanting his prior advice, coming [...] [...] always there when the session restores). One that I’ve meant to blog is Wil Clouser’s post on string substitution in .po files. It’s actually [at least] his second post on the subject, recanting his prior advice, coming [...]

]]> By: Dwayne Bailey http://micropipes.com/blog/2009/09/01/using-substitution-strings-in-po-files/comment-page-1/#comment-43787 Dwayne Bailey Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:36:22 +0000 http://micropipes.com/blog/?p=82#comment-43787 Glad to see them go! In retrospect its taken quite a while for msgctxt first to be added to gettext and then to get used. @Robert: its just space, it's not as if we suffer from a lack of it at the moment. Unfortunately the alternatives mean continually aligning 2 files and English and the translation which can in some instance be impossible to align. I'd rather suffer the redundency knowing that things can't go out of sync and meaning I can work easily offline. Glad to see them go! In retrospect its taken quite a while for msgctxt first to be added to gettext and then to get used.

@Robert: its just space, it’s not as if we suffer from a lack of it at the moment. Unfortunately the alternatives mean continually aligning 2 files and English and the translation which can in some instance be impossible to align. I’d rather suffer the redundency knowing that things can’t go out of sync and meaning I can work easily offline.

]]> By: Robert Kaiser http://micropipes.com/blog/2009/09/01/using-substitution-strings-in-po-files/comment-page-1/#comment-43634 Robert Kaiser Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:07:02 +0000 http://micropipes.com/blog/?p=82#comment-43634 IMHO, it's still a pain to keep n+2 copies of the original English string in your source code repo for n locales (the 2 are the .pot with just English and the copy in the source code itself) as well as keeping long strings or paragraphs of text in the source code. The stuff we use in the Mozilla code is better in keeping only one copy of the English strings, but has other problems. IMHO, only a new library and L10n file format can make this really better, so I long for L20n. IMHO, it’s still a pain to keep n+2 copies of the original English string in your source code repo for n locales (the 2 are the .pot with just English and the copy in the source code itself) as well as keeping long strings or paragraphs of text in the source code. The stuff we use in the Mozilla code is better in keeping only one copy of the English strings, but has other problems. IMHO, only a new library and L10n file format can make this really better, so I long for L20n.

]]> By: Wil Clouser http://micropipes.com/blog/2009/09/01/using-substitution-strings-in-po-files/comment-page-1/#comment-43507 Wil Clouser Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:32:10 +0000 http://micropipes.com/blog/?p=82#comment-43507 <blockquote>So I guess there is no standard way to do substitutions at the moment without dirty hacking?</blockquote> Substitutions, no. But they shouldn't be necessary with msgctxt.

So I guess there is no standard way to do substitutions at the moment without dirty hacking?

Substitutions, no. But they shouldn’t be necessary with msgctxt.

]]> By: Alexander Limi http://micropipes.com/blog/2009/09/01/using-substitution-strings-in-po-files/comment-page-1/#comment-43506 Alexander Limi Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:29:56 +0000 http://micropipes.com/blog/?p=82#comment-43506 Interesting, we independently came up with the same solution back in 2002-3 for <a href="http://plone.org" rel="nofollow">Plone</a>, and we are moving away from it now too. Thanks for blogging about the scripts and advice — I'm sure it'll come in handy for our i18n people. :) Interesting, we independently came up with the same solution back in 2002-3 for Plone, and we are moving away from it now too.

Thanks for blogging about the scripts and advice — I’m sure it’ll come in handy for our i18n people. :)

]]> By: g http://micropipes.com/blog/2009/09/01/using-substitution-strings-in-po-files/comment-page-1/#comment-43452 g Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:46:15 +0000 http://micropipes.com/blog/?p=82#comment-43452 It's 3am in the mornin... put my key in the door 'n... bodies layin all over the floor n'... im not really sure how they got there, so i guess i musta killed 'dem. KILLED 'DEM. Sorry, that came to mind after reading your blog title... Interesting post. So I guess there is no standard way to do substitutions at the moment without dirty hacking? It’s 3am in the mornin… put my key in the door ‘n… bodies layin all over the floor n’… im not really sure how they got there, so i guess i musta killed ‘dem. KILLED ‘DEM.

Sorry, that came to mind after reading your blog title…

Interesting post. So I guess there is no standard way to do substitutions at the moment without dirty hacking?

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