From: Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
To: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Cc: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>,
"git@vger.kernel.org" <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/5] Localise error headers
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2017 16:34:54 +0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CACsJy8ALXkkEnQPvpMx4nrPjD=fpGNDkbC_oqMrj3KRdRr_-eQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACsJy8B0UT4_CF=qu081ep6nzdBXxnnNbma-wCYeajAuXaKg5w@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 8:25 PM, Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 2:45 AM, Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> wrote:
>>> In this implementation, the gettext call for the header and the body are done
>>> in different places (error function vs. caller) but this call pattern seems to
>>> be the easiest variant for the caller, because the message body has to be marked
>>> for localisation in any case, and N_() requires more letters than _(), an extra
>>> argument to die() etc. even more than the extra "_" in the function name.
>>
>> I see. We have to markup the strings to be translatable such that the .po files
>> are complete. It would be really handy if there was a way to say "anything that
>> is fed to this function (die_) needs to be marked for translation.
>>
>> Looking through
>> https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/xgettext-Invocation.html
>> such a thing doesn't seem to exist.
>
> I think --keyword is exactly for that purpose: marking more text for
> translations besides standard markers like _() or N_(). Yes we need to
> call gettext() explicitly in die_() later on. We already do that for
> parse-options. We just need to N_() the strings, without actually
> spelling it out.
>
>>
>> So in that case die_(_(...)) seems to be the easiest way forward.
>
> I still prefer changing the die_routine though since die() in many
> cases could be used in both plumbing and porcelain contexts. And we
> have tried to keep plumbing output (and behavior) as stable as
> possible. The approach has some similarity to unpack_trees() which
> shares the same porcelain/plumbing problem.
On the other hand, making die(), not die_(), translatable means the
translators will have to translate them _all_ even if only some will
end up being displayed. That's 2000+ strings according to git-grep.
And some of them, like die("BUG:..") should definitely not be
translated. So +1 to die_(), unless we decide all strings are safe to
translate.
--
Duy
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-01-07 9:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-01-02 11:14 [RFC PATCH 0/5] Localise error headers Michael J Gruber
2017-01-02 11:14 ` [RFC PATCH 1/5] error/warning framework: prepare for l10n Michael J Gruber
2017-01-02 11:14 ` [RFC PATCH 2/5] error/warn framework: provide localized variants Michael J Gruber
2017-01-02 11:14 ` [RFC PATCH 3/5] error/warning framework framework: coccinelli rules Michael J Gruber
2017-01-03 12:26 ` [RFC PATCH 0/5] Localise error headers Duy Nguyen
2017-01-03 19:45 ` Stefan Beller
2017-01-04 13:25 ` Duy Nguyen
2017-01-07 9:34 ` Duy Nguyen [this message]
2017-01-04 7:05 ` Jeff King
2017-01-09 12:43 ` Michael J Gruber
2017-01-10 9:04 ` Jeff King
2017-01-10 18:28 ` Stefan Beller
2017-01-11 11:37 ` Jeff King
2017-01-11 17:15 ` Stefan Beller
2017-01-21 14:24 ` Jeff King
2017-01-11 18:08 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-01-20 13:08 ` Duy Nguyen
2017-01-21 14:19 ` Jeff King
2017-01-21 14:20 ` Jeff King
2017-03-30 15:18 ` Michael J Gruber
2017-04-01 8:12 ` Jeff King
2017-04-01 17:38 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-01-20 13:23 ` Duy Nguyen
2017-01-20 13:31 ` Duy Nguyen
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